dear ms b-is it green yet

DEAR MS B-IS IT GREEN YET

thats what i asked her the other day
after this picture was taken

she sort of looked at me not understanding what
i was saying
which i must add she usually understands what we say
well
too well i must add

we recently started spelling around her
then
she started repeating our spelling
what goes in her little ears can go right out her mouth
with
some thinking about whats being processed on the
way out

so
i looked down at her little thumb
nope
its not green yet
but
it was a little brown that day
from the dirt
and
from feeding the chickens in the garden area
scraps from the kitchen
and
some old bread that
she ate and shared with them

now in my new garden bed in the community garden
i quickly planted things the first full day i arrived here
tomatoes
peppers bell jalapeno sweet banana
egg plant
swiss chard
kale
basil
squash
transplanted my malabar spinach from texas
so far its liking it here
transplanted my garlic chives
transplanted my multiple onions i have had for about 30 years

all this planting was to get going on my garden
as i learn how to garden here
since
i can garden all year round

now back to ms b
her preschool actually comes over to this garden on a regular basis
the area they work on is about 10 ft away from my bed
other class rooms from area schools will be coming through
starting this fall
i plan on helping as a volunteer with this activity

so
ms b doesnt know it yet
but
i am starting a slow indoctrination of organic gardening
trying to activate that gardening gene
no my wife she doesnt have it
but
i have the double gene
one from my mother one from my father
hoping it got passed down to ms b

i guess
time will time if this is true

i am looking forward to when she reaches over and plucks
that first tomato out of this garden
pops it in her mouth
eats it
and
smiles

that will make all this worthwhile

the organicgreen doctorr