A MESSY KITCHEN

It is at this time of year when the kitchen is rarely clean,
For fruit and vegies are in plentiful supply and have been
Just picked and fresh, so now is the time for jars of jam,
And a hundred and one other things you can freeze and can.

The other week it was apricots and plums bright and red,
Along with the blueberry jam, hardly time for us to be fed,
Then came tomatoes and beets, beans and apples by the ton,
What a mess the kitchen is with all the work to be done..

But when winter comes and everywhere is chilly and cold,
You can produce a meal for nothing, glorious to behold,
Then it is worth the effort and all the sticky mess around
It’s worth the meals that are late, or eat what can be found.

I love the time of year when all this bounty comes,
It lasts from early strawberries to the last of the plums,
Baby carrots so sweet, long flat beans a real fall treat,
And at the farmers market, all the old friends that you meet.

M Ann Margetson © September 18, 2000
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