Cycle of Life

There is a certain cycle of life in a garden.  Quite frankly, most people in these parts, Northeastern USA, tend to let their gardens go in about July.  Because our growing season is about from mid-May to mid-October most don't think that it is worth the effort to put anything more in.

lettuce 8-31-12

Although that has been my attitude in the past, it is not my attitude now.  We had early peas.  After they died off, we put in yellow summer and zucchini squash.  We are just getting the yellow squash now.  As the beets and carrots were pulled we added more plantings of beets.  When we pulled our first group of onions, we added radishes and lettuce.  If everything had worked out well, we would have had second plantings of cabbage and broccoli as well.  However,  we are still awaiting the heading of the broccoli and the complete recovery of both.

Harvested tomatoes and beans
8-31-12

Potato and cucumbers 8-31-12

Some people have been a little anxious about the potatoes.  Some well meaning people thought that we were planting them too late.  Now some of those same people already harvested their potatoes last month.  Well we haven't pulled any yet.  They have to die off at the tops before we dig out the tubers.  We are planning to have a digging "party" when the tops die off.  Just remember, the long they grow, the more and larger tubers will be produced.



Summer Squash
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Ecclesiastes 3 says that there is a time for every purpose under heaven.  This blog is going out late because I was caught up in preparing for a Torah service.  Our lives get crowded and sometimes we have to let some things go.  The same is true in both life and a garden.  Currently we are (mostly) in the harvest time around the garden.  Yet, we have still been planting.  When we reach out to others about the Lord, we need to constantly plant seeds of love, grace, and the good news of Yeshua (Jesus).  The growing season is short.  So is life.  Let us be sure that we both sow and reap all that we are able, while we can.
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 Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Beans (for most), Basil, Dill