This is the seed that grows a family and builds a home just the right size to keep the whole clan safe and sound.
In keeping with tradition, the Duluth Community Garden Program announces the One Vegetable, One Community Vegetable of the Year on New Year's Day here on Northland Morning.
Once again we celebrate with not only the announcement, but an original poem by Duluth's Poet Laureate, Gary Boelhower.
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Vegetable of the Year 2021
by Gary Boelhower
I plant the seeds in early Spring
when the soil is still cold to the touch
and nights still shiver with frost
when the sun is just beginning to whisper
its promises of summer green gardens.
This is the seed that grows a family
and builds a home just the right size
to keep the whole clan safe and sound.
This is the wise vegetable of the pandemic
teaching about safety and spread, distance and togetherness.
This is the vegetable that creates worlds
sweet planets, galaxies of heavenly orbs
with names like Tom Thumb and Half Pint
Green Arrow and Tall Telephone
Mr. Big and Little Marvel.
Bush and climbing with blossoms
of white, pink, purple.
Snow, snap, sugar.
Make your porridge hot or make your porridge cold.
Make this soup in your biggest pot.
Split or whole is sure to please
as you eat the ancient, common, nutritious peas.
