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The Green Bandana Garden Club

July 4, 2011 By Carol Michel 15 Comments

I didn’t get up as early as I’d hoped to, no doubt because the morning was overcast with no streaming sun coming through the east window to wake me up and no alarm clock set on a day off to force me up.

But when I finally woke up, I ran to the window like a kid on Christmas morning who is anxious to know if it snowed the night before.  Only, I, a gardener with an extra day off in the summer time, was wondering if it had rained or was raining.

When I looked outside, it was clear that it was wet outside, but the rain gauge was nearly empty, so it must have just sprinkled enough to wet everything down a bit.  I stood there for a minute looking out at the garden, wondering if these sprinkles were the end of the rain or the beginning of the rain.  Should I plan to work out in the garden, or plan to continue cleaning inside?

It was clear that I surely needed to do both, At mid-summer, purslane was once again making its best attempt to become the number one crop in my vegetable garden and the thistle plants were scaring all the perennials in Plopper’s Field, or so it seemed to me.  Inside, I’d drug in enough leaves and bits of grass on my shoes over the last few days that I almost had enough to start an indoor compost pile.

As I stood there, looking out at the garden, considering my options, I noticed something hanging from a low branch of the locust tree.  Curious about what it was, I ventured out to take a closer look.

It was a green bandana.
 
I stood and stared, almost not believing that it was really there. I had hoped for so many years, wondered through season after season  if it would ever happen to me. Yet, there it was, hanging in the tree. I had always thought I’d get the green bandana in the mail, or someone would just give me one. I never dreamed it would just show up in my garden like that, tied to a branch of the locust tree.

My spirits lifted immediately. This was going to be a grand and glorious day, regardless of the rain. This was going to be a day I would circle on my calendar and look back on with fondness.

For today, the green bandana was hanging on a tree in my garden.

Yes, finally, I had my invitation to join The Green Bandana Garden Club!

Let the fun begin.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Green Bandana Garden Club, humor

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  1. Green Bucket says

    July 4, 2011 at 2:29 pm

    What a great surprise. Can't wait to hear more about the Green Bandana Garden Club.

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  2. Gail says

    July 4, 2011 at 2:34 pm

    It is going to be a good day! Love the bandana and it's a nice shade of green, too. gail

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  3. growingagardenindavis says

    July 4, 2011 at 3:16 pm

    Curioser and curioser…

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  4. Peggy says

    July 4, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    I have never heard of The Green Bandana Garden Club before. Hmmmm? Will there be more?

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  5. David says

    July 4, 2011 at 3:37 pm

    You've got me curious.
    Haappy 4th of July.
    David/ 🙂
    Tropical Texana/ Houston

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  6. Mr. McGregor's Daughter says

    July 4, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    It's a green-letter day for you.

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  7. Nellie from Beyond My Garden says

    July 4, 2011 at 3:50 pm

    We are all curious! I hope you fill us in in the coming days. What a great way to be invited into a club. I am already thinking of ways I can use the idea myself.
    nellie

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  8. Gardener on Sherlock Street says

    July 4, 2011 at 4:48 pm

    Can't wait to hear what that means. Fun to find a surprise like that in the garden.

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  9. Lisa at Greenbow says

    July 4, 2011 at 4:52 pm

    It certainly is a green bandana day. I hope you make the most of it.

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  10. David says

    July 4, 2011 at 8:07 pm

    Hi Carol,
    I'm back. Your fabulous sense of humor and your hoe collection has inspired me to make a garden straw hat collection. I linked back to you as my inspiration.
    Hope you can come visit.
    My funny straw hat collection is over on the left side.
    BTW: There's no mention of the green bandana garden club on the internet. Is it that secretive?
    Hmmmm….
    David/ Tropical Texana/ Houston

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  11. Anonymous says

    July 5, 2011 at 1:32 pm

    Luckily you haven't been invited to join the Green BANANA Garden Club. Having a bandana hanging in your garden is more discreet! It sounds something like a Fight Club, be prepared and keep us posted!

    Alberto.

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  12. Gardening in a Sandbox says

    July 5, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Too funny. Better than finding that the groundhog has eaten off all the scarlet runner beans on the obilisk. V

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  13. Anonymous says

    July 5, 2011 at 6:57 pm

    Mysterious…..I want a green bandana garden club invitation, too! Wonder if you have to remember to thin the radishes(to get radishes) to be a member. I'll keep following to find out….

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  14. Commonweeder says

    July 6, 2011 at 12:36 am

    There are always so many happy mysteries in your garden. At least I hope this is one of the happy mysteries and the fairies aren't just messing with you.

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  15. Finding My Green Thumb says

    July 6, 2011 at 3:58 am

    This was a great read! thank you! i too am curious about this club!

    Reply

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