Wednesday, 4 May 2022

SECOND THOUGHTS- Lois Simpson

As summer ended and the blossoms fell,

And our favourite blooms went to seed as well,


Into the bush, seed-heads I brought.

I put them there without a thought

For old mum nature and her kin.

I didn’t think it was a sin.


From ordered gardens they’ve been freed,

But in the bush they’re just a weed.

They’ll grow up strong and smother the rest-

There’ll be no place for the blue wren’s nest.


I could have mulched them to rot away

To use on my garden some other day.

Or, of course, I have something to throw it all in,

Now that council provides a green bin!


You can find out about how to care for your local native garden and the local weeds in the Bonza Bushland Gardening Guide



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