Gardening

Every year my husband plants a garden. This isn't just your ordinary little plot in the back yard type garden. This is a 1/4 acre piece of land that he plows with his tractor and uses a planter to plant the seeds, if the seeds are big enough. If they are too big or too small then those have to be planted by hand.

Every year it's the same thing. We plant all these seeds and wait to see what will actually come up and what will produce some produce for us.

This year he planted okra, cucumbers, yellow squash, zucchini, tomatoes, peas, string beans, onions, sweet corn, peppers, and fennel. Oh, and carrots.

We have a pretty good stand of everything except the corn. The chickens went in and ate the seeds that were planted so we only have a few stalks that have come up.

Of course the okra, which I hate to pick, came up in full force and is producing so much we have to pick it at least every other day. The yellow squash is also producing more than we can eat. I have made squash casserole, steamed squash, anything that a squash can be used in. And still we have more than we can use. We have taken bags of produce to church, to work, to neighbors, sharing our bounty.

Actually, it's kind of nice. It's nice to be able to go out into the garden and pick a few things and make a meal. God certainly has blessed us with our garden this year. If you need some squash or okra, come on over and see us!