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May. 5, 2009

A Garden Moment: Part 1

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Ecclesiastes 9:10

That is our intention this gardening season!  For all you avid gardeners, avid gardener wannabees (20 hands raised over here LOL) or folks that just like to look at other folks' gardens... we have some pictures of our garden from the beginning of the season.  Mind you, it doesn't look like this right now.  We have food up now!  We'll try to post more garden moments through out the spring and summer... however those who know our track record when it comes to posting to this blog will probably not be holding their breath! LOL! 

Anyway, on to the pictures! Photobucket
You can only see about 1/3 of the area here. We have lettuce, spinach, beets (both regular and sugar), radishes, carrots, onions, and sugar snap peas planted here. Lord willing, green beans will be planted here as well in a couple of weeks. Photobucket
Here we have planted shell peas, spinach, onions, lima beans, carrots, and lentils.  Again, Lord willing, this area will be home to more green beans.Photobucket
Lettuce, onions, green beans and zucchini make it's home here. Photobucket
A couple of the children's square foot gardens. Not exactly sure what all they have planted in them. Guess we'll see as the season progresses! Photobucket
Behind our childrens' sand box is the potato and corn patch. Btw the sand box is between the first garden area that we posted and the potato and corn patch. It's very nice to have an area for the little ones to play in after they help a bit in the garden. Photobucket
One of our compost areas, in the background you can see another angle of the potato and corn patch.   And if you look way out past the potato / corn patch you can see the chicken's coop.  There are about 6 other areas that are not shown. We will try to get more pictures and post them as the spring and summer progresses.  So far, things are looking good, we are praying that the Lord will send the sun and rain in the amounts needed and bless our efforts.  If you are a gardener and you have pictures of your garden, big or small, please leave us a comment with a link to your blog so we can check it out!
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May. 8, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by stillearning
Beautiful gardens. The one is huge! That is wonderful. I just posted a pix of ours. I do that with flats too. :) Make compost bins out of them....need that rich soil! We've been thankful for the rain, our grass seed is finally coming up too after that much needed rain.

God Bless, your sister in Christ
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May. 8, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by theJfamily
Thanks sister! You all will have to come by for a visit soon!
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May. 8, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by stillearning
You may feel like a stranger in our home only because the home is strange to you...hopefully you won't feel that way with me ;) hehe. God Bless.
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May. 13, 2009 - Great Ideas!

Posted by Star
I'm so glad I visited your site today. The idea of having a few raised beds for the children's garden was wonderful. Also, I like the idea of the sandbox to keep the little ones entertained---What kind of cover do you use for the sandbox? It was also good to see your compost bins (our compost is just a small pile out back, but I want to get some kind of enclosure & your bin looks simple enough.)

Thanks for posting your garden update :-)
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May. 13, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by theJfamily
Thanks so much for stopping by, Star! You should have left a link for your web site. I'm going to stop by *your place* to check out the goings on as soon as I get another free moment!

The Lord's blessings on you and your family, I pray!
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