Lift up your eyes.
Hubby and I went blueberry picking recently. It was great fun! As I stood in the berry field, concentrating on all the ripe blueberries hanging heavy from the bushes, I paused to lift my eyes … Immediately…
The more we give the more we grow.
It has been fascinating to watch the growth of the lettuce in my planter tray (from my Christmas Advent Seed Calendar). In this planter tray are Butterhead Lettuce, Arugula, and Basil. Each week I heavily harvest the leaves,…
Joy peeking through
This little daisy has been blooming cheerfully the past couple of months. Now mushrooms have moved in and decided it's time to do some “break down” work in the pot. Mushrooms are nature’s recyclers, as they break…
The Sower and the Seed
Jesus speaking: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. ... Still, other seed fell on good soil. It came up and yielded a crop, a hundred times more than was sown.” - Luke 8:5, 8 “This is…
Family is like … lettuce growing in a planter tray.
For Christmas my son and daughter-in-law gave me an Advent Seed Calendar. I have had the best time planting the seeds from my Advent Seed Calendar … and watching them grow. The very first seeds I planted were…
Fork support
It was sunny today, so I carried my tray of little seedlings outside so they could get some sunshine. My Giant Sunflowers (from my Advent Seed Calendar) were getting tall and lanky, and starting to flop all over…
Swamp Lantern
I’ve always liked Skunk Cabbage plants. They grow in swampy places and in boggy spots, such as drainage ditches alongside roadways. One of the reasons I like Skunk Cabbage so much is that after endless months of…
Dealing with mistakes from a previous season
Hubby and I planted our garden about a month ago. Since then, the slugs have been voraciously feasting on any young tender green sprout. They’ve eaten away all of my sunflower sprouts, almost all my bean sprouts (except…
Give thanks in all things … and leave some margin.
Trying to grow a garden is a battle of me against nature. First off, it’s a challenge getting the seeds to sprout … as the chipmunks, squirrels, and birds keep digging up the seeds and eating them! If…
Seed puffs at sunset
After our Cinco de Madre party, I went out on the front porch to wave goodbye to the kids as they got in their cars to drive away. A dandelion was blooming in the cracks of the brick…