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Monthly Archives: April 2012


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1. Its Gardening Time! Preparing the soil.

Preparing the Spot

It’s that time of the year, Spring is here and gardening time is just around the corner. This year preparing the garden comes with a new twist, its time to move the garden spot and build a new one! Even with fertilizer its good to move things around every couple of years. Fortunately this year I have help from my youngest gardener Olivia and her 1958 Massey Tractor!

Moving things around does create a lot more work but the upside is you can design your new garden spot from the ground up! This year we are going to do a 60′ by 25′ plot which should be big enough for all the regular goodies, and one 25′ by 30′ for the vines Melons, Cantaloupe.

Preparing The Soil

In order to grow good vegetables you need good soil and rarely do you just find good soil most of the time it needs somethings added and then worked. Its a little bit like us in order to grow and bear fruit we need to let God prepare us. Now a garden of this size does require a fair amount of fertilizer I prefer organic horse manure one large dump truck did the trick. Remember the goal in growing your own vegetables is not only to have fun and get your hands dirty but for me it’s also to keep costs down, so watch those imput costs. If you know horse people you can usually work out a deal with them (thanks Randy). The fence was all reclaimed from a friends yard project (thanks Bill).  Make sure you work the soil and manure over well too much manure in one spot can burn plants.

Planting

So now we are ready to plant which in our area needs to wait a little longer to make sure we are out of frost. This gives us time to decide what we want to plant. Plant what you like and also think about things you can enjoy through the summer fresh and also what you can put up to enjoy through the winter. Our family really enjoys salsa so tomatoes and peppers are a must.  This year some of the must haves will be

  • Potatoes – Yokon Gold
  • Onions Yellow and Red
  • Peppers Sweet banana, Red, Yellow, and Green
  • Tomatoes
  • Pickling cucumbers
  • Cucumbers
  • Corn
  • Water Melon
  • Cantaloupe

Next time we will discuss planting when, where, and how I trust you will have fun with your garden this year because above all its about having fun.


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On The Road To The Cross – Sunday

The fragrance of the King

Psalm 45

2 You are the most excellent of men    and your lips have been anointed with grace,    since God has blessed you forever. 3 Gird your sword upon your side, O mighty one;    clothe yourself with splendor and majesty. 4 In your majesty ride forth victoriously    in behalf of truth, humility and righteousness;    let your right hand display awesome deeds. 5 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s enemies;    let the nations fall beneath your feet. 6 Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom. 7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions    by anointing you with the oil of joy. 8 All your robes are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia;    from palaces adorned with ivory    the music of the strings makes you glad.

On that resurrection morning our Lord would have awoken to the sweet smell of the myrrh and aloes that Nicodemus and Joseph of Arimathea used to prepare His body, not the stench of death! The smell reminds us of Psalm 45 which speaks of the king and is quoted in Hebrews 1:8 when discussing the majesty of the risen Jesus . Have you ever breathed in the freshness of the early morning air? How about the aroma of that resurection morning, have you ever breathed that in?  What aroma do you smell Life or death?  Is the smell of the resurection permiating your life?

2 Corinthians 2:14-16

14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him. 15 For we are to God the aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing. 16 To the one we are the smell of death; to the other, the fragrance of life