"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate."
Psalm 127:3-5

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Garden Time

Every time of year is beautiful in its own way and is designed by God for a specific purpose.  Late spring and early summer is an especially exciting time with the garden.  It is wonderful to see God rewarding the fruit of our labors and the promise of a fruitful harvest.

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Our herb garden with a few flowers thrown in:)

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Beautiful before the Japanese Beetles attacked!

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Hopefully in just a couple more weeks we’ll be having blueberry smoothies, blueberry pancakes, blueberry cereal, etc.

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The fig tree is doing great!

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The unconquered zinnia.

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If you plant them once, they will come back year after year, more and more.  Our row of tomatoes has been almost taken over by them!

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The bee’s soda fountain.  During these hot summer days, it is usually quite busy.

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Here comes a cucumber!

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We have found lettuce easy to grow, bountiful, and delicious.  It is lasting quite a while as well.

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Here comes the squash!

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Beans are also very easy to grow.  Here are some regular green beans…

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…Burgundy beans…

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…snow peas.

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Yum-yum!

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We got 20 new chickens a month or two ago.  They are waiting for their fence to be built.

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Our egg suppliers.

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“Only a face a mother could love!” ~Papa

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Our bees are doing great as well.  A few months ago, the hive naturally split and we had a swarm on our hands.  Daddy was able to catch it and put the bees in a second hive.

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Our first hive.
We praise the Lord for all His blessings!

3 comments:

  1. Wow! You have really expanded. Your lettuce is pretty. We had good success with romaine last year, but I haven't planted anything this year since we won't be here for the harvest. We're hoping to add chickens soon, and I'm curious about the bees. I'll have to talk to you about that more extensively sometime.

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  2. Wonderful pictures. Lovely gardens. The blueberries make me eager for huckleberry season here. We always pick and fill the freezer. That's not until August though... if we ever get a summer here to help them ripen. :)

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  3. Your garden looks amazing! :)

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