Occasionally there are those rare years when I can get an early start in my garden, and I can stay on top of things all season. But those years are few and far between, and this is not one of them. I tell myself that it's just as well, because if I had done all that work early on, then had experienced the destruction on the spring storms we've had... well, my feelings really would have been hurt. I don't know that I've ever been more behind on my yard work than I am this year.
We used to have a beautiful water garden, my husband and I. But recently we converted it into a planting bed. I don't know what kind of bed to call it, because it has yet to be planted. Eventually it may become a perennial bed, but as of this moment we're still in the process of filling in the gaping hole that used to be a one-thousand-plus-gallon pond.
Water is an amazing thing. Everything on this earth depends on the availability of water in specific amounts. Its makeup is far beyond my understanding. Read the nutritional label on any container of commercially bottled water and what do you see? Nothing. No calories, no vitamins, no protein, no fiber... none of the things that our bodies need to function properly are listed there. Yet without it, our bodies could not survive.
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| Juncus 'Spiralis' (Corkscrew Grass) in water garden |
It was during a thorough cleaning of my storage building recently that some of these thoughts of water began to "flood" my mind. But the thoughts weren't so much of water's life-giving properties as they were of the affects that water has on various things - in particular, a bag of fertilizer.
Devotional writings and plant photography for gardeners and plant lovers
During my times with dirty hands, I've learned many of my life's most memorable lessons. Weeding, dead-heading, pruning, mulching, planting; these are the times when I am most likely to hear that still, small voice revealing a simple, yet profound truth, always in an analogy of what I'm doing with the plants or the soil. Those truths have changed the way in which I live my life, the manner in which I relate to my family, the way I view the lives of others, and especially my relationship with God.
I hope to share some of my favorite stories, revelations, blessings, memories, and photos of my plants through this blog.
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends its roots out by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; it's leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit." Jeremiah 17:7-8
