Everybody has a family tree, a history and so do I. I hail from a long line of Goshes. Our grand matriarch was our great, great, great grandmother, Auma. I am, of course, her namesake. We all affectionately refer to her as Grow-ma. She was, in our eyes, the original Mother Earth and gardener extraordinaire. In fact, we like to believe that the phrase “she had a green thumb” originated with her because, well...she really DID have a green thumb. We think that it was actually due to a circulatory problem but we liked to attribute it to her vast gardening skills.
Her secret gardening weapon was mulch. And boy could that lady mulch! She used to put straw mulch (seedless, mind you) around everything that she grew. Often times you could barely see what was growing there tucked in that mulch. She hated to weed and she’d always say “Weeds are just plants ya don’t want!”. She had LOTS more to say too, that Growma Gosh did. Most of her “Goshisms” seem just a little bit “off”, like they don’t really make that much sense. You have to think twice or even thrice about them to “get it” and even then sometimes they’re a little “iffy”. Ya gotta love her tho’…she was a dandy and one of a kind alright! They “made the mold with her”…or…something like that…
Here’s just a few of her Goshisms to give ya somethin’
to ponder when all yer other thoughts fail you:A parsnip ain’t no turnip.
Ya cain’t dig potatoes ya didn’t plant.
Peas ain’t in a pod fer nuthin’!
A prune’s just a shriveled up plum.
Ya know, ya CAN cut corn off the cob.
A chicken’s only got two legs!
Chickens are just plain stupid.
Turkeys are ‘bout as smart as chickens.
A cucumber ain’t a pickle til it’s in the jar.
Can’t cook the pancakes ‘til the griddle’s hot.
Hmm..mm..mm!!?? Think about it!
