Sunday, April 22, 2012

Something Is Eating My Silverbeet


Something is eating my silver beet
It really is quite strange
Something is eating my silver beet
I fear it has the mange

It was growing there quite nicely
Though the leaves were kind of stunted
Then overnight the holes appeared
And my silver beet was munted

So I dusted it with deris dust
Even though this is a sin
A few days later I looked again
I could see where they had bin

Little green crawly critters
Underneath the leaf
These stealthy crawly caterpillar's
Were giving the plant some grief

I removed some great big fat ones
And others that were small
I'm hoping my lovely silver beet
Will recover from them all.

3 comments:

  1. Fun poem. And thanks for participating in last week's Limerick-Off. I hope you'll be a frequent participant!

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  2. Thanks so much for your comments and yes I will be back to join in the limerick-off it's such a fun thing to do, although I have to say I had limericks in my head all night after reading those fabulous limericks. I particularly like the rhythm of limericks.

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  3. I have to admit they can be very addictive. :)

    You're always welcome to participate! Thanks!

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