Snow flecked with orange as if it fell from the sun.
A shambles of ripped branches.
The ground has grown lemons and bright hailstones.
Yellow wasps attack the cold air.

In two hours it will be summer again.
The yard and the year, will recover.
Here snow is never seasonable.
A deep freeze is what we fear.

The trees, so young, already yield a past:
We planted the lemon in sawdust and sand,
stray cat litterbox, the yard’s bad patch.
Iron nails rust at the roots of the lime

BOOK:
KAI ORA: FRESH HEALTHY FOOD MADE WITH AROHA [LOVE]
ANNE THORP [AUTHOR], AARON MCLEAN [PHOTOS]
RANDOM HOUSE, AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND: http://www.randomhouse.co.nz

DVD:  BEST RECIPES OF KAI ORA – HOSTED BY ANNE THORP, PAKIRI PRODUCTIONS LTD.

Nau te rourou, naku te rourou ka ora te manuhiri: With your food basket and my food basket, everyone has enough to eat.

KAI ORA is quite simply the best cooking programme on television for those who love to grow their own food, buy