Breaking up the Ground
It is a lot of work to break ground for a new garden plot! Especially if your tools are just a shovel and a hoe. 30 minutes into shoveling, your legs begin to feel like jelly. You realize…
Broken … but not beyond Hope
Back in 2018 I received a small cactus as a gift from a dear friend. The place where we were living at the time did not receive much sunlight, so as a result the cactus grew tall and…
Make More Room!
It’s almost garden-planting time! So off we went to Home Depot to get a few seeds. Our garden plot is small, so we only needed a few seeds. I stood there … in front of the seed display…
The Same Family
These are each completely different seeds. They produce completely different fruit. Yet they are all part of the same family. They are all “vine” plants. (“Cucurbit” or “Cucurbitaceae” family) From the left to the right: pumpkin, cucumber, zucchini,…
Toxic Friendships
Upon moving into our home a couple of years ago we decided to relocate a small rosemary plant to a far corner of the backyard where an unsightly stump rested. The location was a lovely sunny spot ……
It Keeps Coming Back!
When we moved into our home a couple of years ago there was, in the far corner of the backyard, a large unsightly stump. This particular corner of the backyard was a lovely sunny spot. Rosemary would be…
Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
I have never grown parsley before. Check it out – a teeny tiny baby parsley leaf! The very first one! How exciting! I have never grown basil before. Check out the teeny tiny basil leaves! I had no…
Put off the old … and be made new!
“Put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; be made new in the attitude of your minds.” - Ephesians 4:22-23 The dead little seed pods have been “put off.” New life has emerged. …
Don’t Give up Hope
It had not even been a week and the tomato sprouts were poking their little green heads up out of the soil. Right at two weeks the watermelon and cantaloupe seeds all made their appearance in grand fashion.…
Leaning Towards the Light
It’s a fascinating thing to see all the little seed sprouts leaning towards the light. The sun isn’t even out. How do those little seed sprouts know where the light is? Also, they’re not all leaning every which-way. …