Mom's Garden - a Piece of Prosery for dVerse

from "How to Grow and Care for Sweet Alyssum" (URL) 
photo, "The Spruce" / Kara Riley

“I’d like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace.” from the poem, “What I would like to grow in my Garden.” / Katherine Riegel (URL) 

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 Mom found me out behind the chicken house, playing with my toys. She said to me, “Come see. 'I’d like, too, to plant the sweet alyssum that smells like honey and peace.'  Dad said you'd like to help.”  What was I to say, of course I would.   

 Living on a farm, Mom had a large, beautiful garden.  She grew vegetables, strawberries, rhubarb, most years some flowers.  We'd eat some ripe fruits fresh right there, carrots, tomatoes, potatoes, strawberries, melons, could be more.  

 She wanted patches of pretty flowers, lavender and white ones, all around the garden.  We dug, planted seeds and covered them and sprinkled water onto the new looking soil, finishing just before dark.   

 That was good for Mom a bit, big life change for me.  From that day on I was the garden helper, from then until I left home for college. 

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 - Poem Copyright, Jimmiehov 2022, All Rights Reserved  

 - I am linked with Sanaa at Prosery, dVerse,  her prompt line is above and posted at  

https://dversepoets.com/2022/09/12/prosery-when-it-comes-to-katherine-riegel/ 

 - Click here for others writing Prosery Flash Writing this week.  I wrote exactly 144 Words, the Maxim that Sanaa has posted 

 - This Writing is TRUE in a way; the difference is that I was enticed to help milk cows instead of helping Mother in her garden.  But I did help, hoeing and weeding and harvesting for sure.  

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