SOME THINGS LEARNED SUMMER GARDENING AT FRIENDS HOUSE:

1. GROWING PLANTS NEED GULPS NOT SIPS OF WATER.

2. BURTON CLARK MAKES A GREAT HUMAN LADDER FOR HELPING CHILDREN PICK CHERRIES FROM A CHURCH NEIGHBOR'S TREE.

3. THAT NEIGHBOR LADY FELT SO INSPIRED BY BURTON AND THE KIDS SHE DUG OUT SOME OLD STRAW HATS WHICH SHE DELIVERED THE NEXT WEEK TO HELP THE CHILDREN TO KEEP THEIR OWN BEANS SHADED AND COOL-THE HATS DIDN'T LOOK LIKE FASHION STATEMENTS UNTIL ONE LITTLE GIRL WORE THE COWBOY HAT BACKWARDS WITH TOTAL CONFIDENCE-THAT'S STYLE!

4. THERE ARE SIX PLANT PARTS THAT PLANTS AND PEOPLE NEED, AND THOUGH I NEVER THOUGHT I'D FORGET THEM (THAT DANGED TUNE IS STILL STUCK IN MY HEAD, BUT I'M MISSING ONE PART), AND SINGING IS A GREAT WAY TO LEARN THINGS. DANCING IS GOOD, TOO AND DRAMA-BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THEY COMPLEMENT GARDENING NICELY.

5. CHILDREN WILL EAT VEGETABLES THEY HELPED GROW, AND THEY ESPECIALLY LIKE THEM STRAIGHT OFF THE PLANT OR OUT OF THE GROUND-THERE IS A MYSTERY TO IT ALL THAT THEY JUST GET, AND 5 YR OLDS KNOW THAT CHERRY TOMATOES, WARM FROM THE SUN TASTE JUST LIKE A BURST OF SUNSHINE FOR YOUR MOUTH

6. COMMUNITY GROWS AROUND CHILDREN AND GARDENS.

7. YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE NYLON STOCKINGS FOR SOMETHING WORTHWHILE: YOU PUT SOME SEEDS (CHIVES ARE GOOD ONES) IN FIRST, THEN SOME DIRT, THEN YOU TIE IT OFF LIKE A LITTLE HEAD, THEN YOU GIVE IT A FACE, SET IT IN A PAPER CUP IN THE WINDOW AND WATER IT; IT'S CALLED A DIRT BABY AND IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED YOU CAN EVEN GIVE IT A GOOFY NAME. BEST OF ALL, ONCE THE HAIR GROWS YOU CAN TRIM IT AND EAT IT!

8. YOU CAN THRESH WITH A BURLAP SACK AND A BASEBALL BAT, AND IF YOU THRESH BIG OLD GREEN BEANS THAT HAVE GONE TO SEED, THE SEED YOU GET LOOKS SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE THE FANCY WHITE BEANS YOU BUY DRIED AND MAKE WONDERFUL BEAN SOUPS WITH! WHO KNEW????

9. YOU CAN GROW WATERMELONS IN KLAMATH FALLS AND FINDING THEM IS JUST LIKE CHRISTMAS.

10. TRY AS YOU MIGHT, YOU CAN'T RESURRECT DEAD MARIGOLDS, EVEN NEXT DOOR TO A CHURCH.

11. DIRT IS FUN, MUD IS FUN, FOOD IS FUN, GARDENS ARE SACRED.

12. AS WITH A GARDEN, A LOT GOES ON "UNDERGROUND" THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE HAPPENING, BUT WHAT YOU DO SEE WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT IT-THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO TEND THIS GARDEN AND KEEP IT GOING FOR THE TUESDAY GROUP.

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