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Better Late Than Okra
My okra missed the memo on the growing season! 😂 It started strong indoors and come the nice spring weather, the okra even transplanted well into the garden. Only to get eaten in summer by some illusive creature. Now this… Continue reading
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Planting Garlic
Before the cold creeped in, I wanted to plant my garlic. Garlic requires a “cooling off” period before it starts to grow. The colder weather and upcoming snow was perfect for the garlic bulbs. My sister-in-law saves her garlic bulbs… Continue reading
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Wonderfully Different
I see the pattern coming to life before me. Struggles that were often misunderstood or misinterpreted under a different lens. How others were in turn affected. As I write, I’m still grappling with acceptance. Yet, one by one, lining up the… Continue reading
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Sharing Coneflowers
Jo and I both share a love for growing vegetables and flowers. Both of us have had success and failures even when we share the same seeds. Last season, we bought coneflowers to plant in our backyard. Not only beautiful… Continue reading
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First Successful Tomato Harvest
Harvesting from my garden is one of my favourite times of the year. Not only can I avoid the grocery store, but also enjoying a meal with produce grown by myself is a great feeling. When I started having an… Continue reading
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Purify My Intentions
There’s point A and there’s point B. It’s easy to envision and to live in these moments: the where-we-want-to-be and the what-is-missing in the here and now. Snapshots in time. God gave us these dreams but we hold on so… Continue reading
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August Recap
Instructions: Bloom gelatin: Sprinkle 3 tbsp gelatin over ½ cup cool juice or water. Let sit for 2–3 minutes until fully bloomed. Warm applesauce: In a saucepan over low heat, warm 1 cup applesauce until it’s hot but not boiling.… Continue reading
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Attempt to Save Seeds
This year being the first year that I planted more annual flowers (cosmos, zinnias, calendulas, African daisies and marigolds), I wanted to try seed saving. The marigolds seem to be quite successful and abundant (even after I sort through all… Continue reading
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My Attempt at Journaling
Around mid June, I felt God was saying to me to get pen and paper. And again later to write. But the feeling that came with the direction of writing was that this time it was to be on pen… Continue reading
Grace Between the Fields 