Choices

Cherry Tomatoes  8-1-12

Last week we had our first tomato and were congratulated by my brother.  Now my brother has extensive horticultural experience.  He has had his own mini-farm from which he has sold vegetables at a Farmers Market.  He has been in the Peace Corp and trained others and he has a Masters Degree in Horticulture.  In the family we like to say he is a  "master of peaches."

Ripeening Glacier Tomatoes  8-1-12

Early production of tomatoes run in the family.  We had an uncle who used to brag that he would have a tomato by the Fourth of July... and he did.  However,  if I remember correctly his tomatoes gave out before ours did every year.  He chose to purchase early producers and got what he desired.  The three tomatoes that we have had so far are from the variety Glacier.  While I grew these from seed, I also knew that it was a very early producer.   The tomatoes are just beyond cherry size.  In fact  I  should have had the tomatoes earlier.  Those tomatoes will give out before the end of August.  We have other cherry and mid-season tomatoes planted just for that contingency, but it was a matter of choices.



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Our beets and carrots are small, but probably not going to grow much more.  Even if they do, they may become "woody."  To pick or not to pick... it is a matter of choices. 

Should we put up a fence at our other site, chance the deer population or use deterrent.  That too is a matter of choices.

Marigolds   8-1-12

So often in the garden and life itself we have decisions to make.  We often make (minor) mistakes in the risks we take.  Sometimes we even make major mistakes and land in major problems.  Our choices are often determined by timing.  There are better times than others to plant things.

Cucumber with blossom - 8-1-12

One of my acquaintances was sure that our potatoes were planted much too late.  While I have to agree that they should have been planted earlier, they seem to be doing very well.  In fact when another strongly opinionated gardener visited our potato patch, the comment was,..."well you can plant potatoes later, they mature quickly."   Choices can be good, better or best.

Onions, Squash and Potatoes
8-1-12

In determining when to do something, the Eternal One knows just the right time.  Scripture says, " But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, ⁵ to redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption as sons." (Galations 4:4,5 - New King James Version).  This term - "fullness of time" is translated in different ways.  It can be translated as "time fully come" (NIV), "proper time" (Amplified), and "appointed time" (Complete Jewish Bible).  This is not a matter of chronological time, but of the proper, special, strategic time.  The Greek word is kairos.  In the same way we need to plant at the very best strategic time, so the God sent His  Son - Yeshua/Jesus for us.  In the same way that we have a choice to plant seeds at specific times and the best times, we have a choice to accept Yeshua as Messiah even today.  There are many choices to make... is this your kairos time to make them?

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Herbs:  Dill, Basil, Parsley  available to all at oneg at Beth Am Messiah  August 3, 2012