Lessons in the Dirt

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The sun shines in my back windows  …  bringing life to my little containers of sprouts.   It does not make any noise.   There is no sound.   It is very “still.”   Yet life and growth is occurring!    The little…