Susan Roylance

We Can’t Garden

Yes, we grew them. No, we can’t garden.

I can’t keep up with the weeds anymore. Porcupines, rabbits, deer. They all come and eat what they like. Sometimes leaving nothing for us.

This year we got garlic. Harvested a few days ago. A few tomatoes, two hot peppers. Peas and beans.

This year we watch security footage of a pair of porcupines feast on beet and dandelion greens. Yes, I PLANT dandelion. You know how much those greens are at the store?

They ate all our herbs save for basil. Which we’ve been harvesting in volumes.

The picture of the carrots is from last year. But it was just too pretty not to share.

Freshly harvested colorful carrots in a metal bucket—orange, yellow, white, and purple
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