The country vegetables scorn And when you want your dinner you You pick an apronful of peas The folk who their potatoes buy \u2014Eleanor Farjeon<\/em><\/p>\n In honor of much-beloved poet and storyteller Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965), whose birthday it is today, I post her poem \u201cVegetables\u201d and a new painting. For a brief bio and other Farjeon poetry, with accompanying paintings, please see Morning Has Broken and Cats. The country vegetables scorn To lie about in shops, They stand upright asRead more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[55,83,39,61,19,52],"class_list":["post-5467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-painting","tag-birthday","tag-botany","tag-food","tag-oil","tag-poem","tag-still-life"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5467"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5475,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5467\/revisions\/5475"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Carrots&RedOnion\"](\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/CarrotsRedOnion.jpg\" "\\"Carrots&RedOnion\\"")
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\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTo lie about in shops,
\nThey stand upright as they were born
\nIn neatly-patterned crops;<\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t buy it from a shelf,
\nYou find a lettuce fresh with dew
\nAnd pull it for yourself;<\/p>\n
\nAnd shell them on the spot.
\nYou cut a cabbage, if you please,
\nTo pop into the pot.<\/p>\n
\nFrom sacks before they sup,
\nMiss half of the potato\u2019s joy,
\nAnd that\u2019s to dig it up.<\/p>\n![\"CakeChrysanth\"](\"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/CakeChrysanth.png\" "\\"CakeChrysanth\\"")
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