FILK: I make things grow

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 107463

"I Make Things Grow"  to the tune of "I Caint Say No" from Rodgers 
and Hammerstein's Oklahoma.

To CMC (one more to check off the list!)
(side note to CMC-that one I checked on was already done, so here's 
another.  Ah, well, such is life)
 
Sprout sings:
 
It's really just a question of knowing what to do.
I've been repotting plants since I was ten.
I know each plant's lifecycle, and when fertilizer's due,
And just how much to water each, and when.
I know my limelight isn't brightly lit,
But if you need some Mandrakes- I'm a hit!

I'm just a girl who makes things grow.
A horticultural fix.
If you should say, "We need one so"
I'll do some grafts and make six.

When a first year tried to prune a plant
And accidently gives too hard a whack,
I just smile and take a point from him,
And get reserves from greenhouse five out back.

I'm just a fool for lawns to mow.
I'm dirty without complaint.
Puttering without restraint.
With the patience of a saint.
I make things grow.

What should I care if my nails get all dirty?
Or my back gets hurty?
This is what I do.
I have to beam with pride at my prize elderberries
Which cure dysentaries.
This is what I do.

If my headmaster says that we need some Mandrakes
Or the petrified students die.
I just pop pink earmuffs upon my head-
Ready to fly!

I'm just a girl who makes things grow.
Make things grow healthy and tall.
Some say it's a long row to hoe,
I'm out here having a ball.

If it's hot, I keep the seedlings cool-
It's not too humid out in greenhouse three.
Then I get a load of mooncalf stool
And watch them as they grow up magicly.

I love to see things in a row
Growing without a relapse.
Weeding with well-aimed wand taps.
World's greatest hobby, perhaps.
I make things grow.

I'm just a girl who makes things grow
For decoration or food.
Quality potions parts, just so.
So Snape won't come all unglued.

Though I rest to watch a Quidditch match,
Or if a Hufflepuff to me should run,
I have a farming itch to scratch-
Cuz horticulture is my kind of fun.

Raising things sets my heart aglow.
It makes me giddy and faint.
Gardening without restraint.
Art using flowers for paint.
I make things grow.


Ginger, who should be packing for an 11 day vacation.  I shudder to 
think how far behind I will be upon my return.