Today I pulled all the beanstalks off the climbing poles and put the poles in the shed. It’s snowing hard outside.

As I worked, I sang to the bean plants to thank them for their gifts of food, and promised to plant their seeds next year.

Tune: Joy to the world

Hail to the beans!
The lovely beans!
The lovely, lovely beans!
We thank you for the foo-oo-ood
We thank you for the foo-oo-ood
The lovely lovely food
The lovely lovely food
And we will plant your seeds, your seeds in spring.

It’s not great art or anything, but I feel it’s important to honour the plants that fed us.

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