Return to Home Page Return to Poems Index The Vegetable Garden - First plant five rows of peas: Patience Promptness Preparation Perseverance Purity - Next plant three rows of squash: Squash gossip Squash criticism Squash indifference - Then plant five rows of lettuce: Let-us be faithful to duty Let-us be unselfish Let-us be loyal Let-us be true to obligations Let-us love one another - And no garden is complete without turnips: Turn-up for important meetings Turn-up with a smile Turn-up with good ideas Turn-up with determination to make everything good and worthwhile. - -Annie L. Peachey-