How Does My Garden Grow

What a difference a year can make! Last year at this time, I'd given up on the thought of even container gardens. Every single last one of my veggie seedlings had died on me. This year, the hubby built three raised beds for my veggies! Isn't he the sweetest! He enclosed it with chicken wire (to keep leaping doodle dogs out) & he added a little swinging gate! We were laughing because it did look like we were preparing for livestock in the backyard, with all the chicken wire. O, how I can only dream. There is a city ordance against poultry & swine keepin' in our area. I'd love to have some egg laying beauties otherwise.

Jo & Ben both got busy helping their Dad out...

Look how proud they are of the scarecrow they built.....

I bought some pepper, tomatoe & herb plants this year. Sowed last year's beans & zuchini seeds directly in our garden soil. Wow, it's really starting to take & I couldn't be any happier!

Here's a few photos from this morning....

My Herbs (oregano & basil), Lousiana Pole Beans & two of six mounds of zuchini

Two of the seven pepper plants I've got going, already have little green peppers growing.

Lookey at my 'maters flourishing...

Every morning & evening I sit by my Aunt Molly ground tomatoes,

I smell the goodness of all the dirt and plants and thank God.(The gratitude I feel for the beginning signs of veggie success is unspeakable!) It's pure bliss and I love it! Then I spend a little prayer time in the dirt, contemplating am I bearing fruit in my walk with Christ? It is very humbling & I feel closer to God in my little garden.

Here's another little miracle..

These are seedlings I'd started in April in my bio-domes on top of the fridge. They'd all but died on me. I put them out on the deck to dry out until I could clean out the trays. Then they took! I was so excited I sowed every seed I could find! Including some yellow bell flower seeds I'd dried & stowed 2 summers ago! Like little babies still in incubators, I'm afraid to move them & disturb their development. I will be so pleased if these mature into hearty plants! What a sweet reward that'll be.