gardening

We've finally started getting some goodies from the garden! These are two different types of peppers, and our first cucumber of the season. Kathryn gets a big kick out of checking each morning to see if there is anything she can pick. I have our two blueberry bushes planted right in the midst of … [Read more...] about July Garden Update

I think it's about time for a garden update! We've been working on tidying up flower beds and making a few new non-grass areas, but I just haven't taken pictures of all of that yet. I'll try to do that in the next week or two. After seeing the yellow and white roses in Ken's grandma's flower … [Read more...] about A Garden Update

My flower garden makes me sooooo happy in the springtime, so I want to share it with you. Although I don't get out and work in it often enough, I feel closer to God whenever I do because He lets me have a little part in helping make things grow. I'd like to have a pretty wreath on the front door, … [Read more...] about Springtime Flower Garden

We aren't doing formal nature studies right now, but even a trip to the mailbox provides a trip through furiously blooming flowers, busy bees, and fluttering butterflies, like this swallowtail on a purple butterfly bush (aka buddleia). Ken's birthflower, the gladiola, is so named because it … [Read more...] about My Summer Garden