How Does Your Garden Grow

How Does Your Garden Grow
© 2005

While this may not guarantee a larger garden harvest, by planting these seeds of wisdom, I hope to learn and grow to become a better person.

Directions:

First, plant four rows of peas—Presence, Promptness, Preparation, Perseverance

Next to these plant six rows of squash—Squash gossip…Squash indifference…Squash criticism...Squash judgment...Squash hypocrisy...Squash envy....

Then plant six rows of lettuce—Let us obey rules of common courtesy…Let us be aware of the lessons...Let us seek joy…Let us laugh more often...Let us be true to ourselves...Let us be kind.

Finish the garden off with five rows of turnips—Turn up with a positive attitude...Turn up with new ideas...Turn up with a smile...Turn up to help others...Turn up and standup for what is right.

Fertilize with seeds of love. Say a prayer of thanks to God for the fruits of your labor and for bestowing the honor of being the gardener.

Pictures from my garden and back woods during the different seasons

Front window garden Spring Irises

Irises and poppies

Irises and Poppies

Side garden with partial view of front window garden Spring Irises and Poppies

Front garden Spring Tulips

Front garden Spring Tulips and Daffodils

Front garden view Summer with loads of Milkweed plants -- the butterflies love them

Butterfly feeding on Milkweed

Front window garden Summer -- Coreopsis and Lilies

Front garden Summer Lilies -- red hot pokers -- Knafia and Milkweed

Front garden annuals portulaca and petunias

Front garden annuals --Portulaca and Marigolds

Another view of front garden Spring Irises

Front garden Spring Irises

View of driveway Yucca plant Summer

Front garden Spring Tulips and Hyacinths

Lilies and Milkweed

View of lower back woods where we take walks -- my goal is to eventually post pictures of the deer that frequent this area

Aerial deck view of back woods

Another aerial view of back woods from our deck

Jack as a pup

Harry

Thank you Myt Pen for helping me with my pictures!

God's Garden

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.

Dorothy Frances Gurney (1858-1932)

(submitted by: Janine)

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