Playtime in smalltown

MEEKER — Early morning walks often reveal strange sights in a small town. Long handled tool in hand, the woman was heading over to a cluster of trees shading the ditch. She seemed to be in no particular hurry.
Wondering what wild growing thing she could be tending, I asked, “What are you working on today?” I expected her to tell me that she had to dig up something under the trees or knocked down…