Poems about vegetable gardens

1. The fields are full of water, the rice leaves are neat, and the sunlight penetrates the trees and the smoke is low.

Source: The New Cool by Xu Ji in Song Dynasty

Translation: In the endless rice fields, the water ripples slightly, and the neat rice is like a knife. The morning sun shines through the leaves and falls on the ground, and the morning fog fills the air among the trees.

2. When planting beans in the south mountain, the grass is full of bean seedlings. Early in the morning get up early to eradicate the weeds, the night falls on the moonlight carry hoe to return.

Source: Returning to the Garden Home III by Tao Yuanming in Wei and Jin Dynasties

Translation: I planted beans at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, where weeds were flourishing and bean seedlings were sparse. Get up early in the morning and get rid of weeds, and go home in the moonlight at night.

3. Plums are golden and apricots are fat, while wheat flowers are white and cauliflower is thin. No one has ever crossed the fence, but dragonflies and butterflies fly.

Origin: Fan Chengda's Four Seasons of Pastoral Miscellaneous Prosperity II in Song Dynasty

Translation: Early summer is the season when plums are golden and apricots are fat, white flowers are blooming in the wheat ears, and rape flowers are almost all falling and bearing seeds. The summer days are long, no one passes by the fence, everyone is busy in the field, only dragonflies and butterflies are dancing leisurely.

4. The eaves of the thatch are long and clean without moss, and the flowers and trees are planted by hand. One water protects the field to surround the green, and two mountains row to send the green.

Source: The Wall of Mr. Shuhuyin by Wang Anshi in the Song Dynasty

Translation: The courtyard of the thatched house is often cleaned, and it is clean without a trace of moss. Flowers, trees, rows and ridges were planted by the owner himself. A small river outside the courtyard protects the farmland and tightly surrounds the green seedlings; Two green hills open doors to send people green.

5. The children in the village are in charge of their own affairs. Although children do not plough the fields and weave cloth, they also learn a kind of melon under the mulberry shade.

Origin: Fan Chengda's

Translation: weeding in the fields during the day, rubbing hemp thread at home at night, men and women in the village have their own housework. Although children can't plow and weave, they learn to grow melons in the shade of mulberry trees.