Peach Tree Pruning and Cat Composting
I had to prune the peach tree a week ago. We had a few days of cold weather but several warm days had it ready to bloom. I realize that may do it for this next season but it was too out of hand to let...
View ArticleWinter – Time to Flex our Faith Muscles
Here’s a lifeless orchard of pecan trees a few miles from our house. You can tell it’s lifeless because there are no outward appearances of life. There are a few husks from the nuts that are still on...
View ArticleLike the Wind Spinning Windmills, The Holy Spirit Keeps Working
With the brisk winds lately, it’s been pleasant to look in the backyard and see the Holy Spirit working. Actually, not exactly that. But, it has been pleasant to pass a window, look toward the garden...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 1
These speak for themselves with the beauty among the remnants of winter. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease. Genesis 8:22
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 2
Blackbirds just passing through, heading back north. It was still freezing last night but only a few hours. We’ve hit 70′s and a few 80′s already. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 3
The Forsythia is getting started. Still about half and half, but Spring will eventually win out. While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 4
I’m assuming these are a sight for winter in this field. Since our neighbor put in a pivot irrigation system a couple of years ago, I imagine he plans to move the cows somewhere else and plant...
View ArticleWinter is Ending – Just Like God Promised – 5
The garden and peach tree are in a slumber for now. The hardy weeds are coming up well by the tree though. You can’t see it, but the peach tree is budding out a bit after the earlier severe pruning....
View ArticleGot Faith? Plant an Oak Tree
I went hunting for an impressive oak tree to photograph and found this one along a stretch of highway south of Daisy, Georgia. It is impressive. My purpose for the quest was to illustrate one aspect of...
View ArticleGot Faith? Plant an Oak Tree – Part 2
When you look southeast down the dirt road in front of our house, you are looking down the Old Savannah Road (see photo). It’s not called that these days, and most folks don’t know that for a time in...
View ArticleRedbud, Clouds and Sky – What a Sight! And, Jesus – What a Savior!
While not yet a big tree, the redbud in the front yard bloomed spectacularly this year. The Lord’s Creation is spectacular all year round, but Spring is especially wonderful. The process of new life...
View ArticleAbsorb God’s Word – Don’t Worry About Overflowing
Water absorbent crystals perform as the name implies: they absorb water. And they can absorb an amazing amount of water. When placed in pots with plants they slowly release the absorbed water and keep...
View ArticleGod Graciously Gives the Increase
There are many opportunities waiting on God, and also waiting on us. God must be in it and God must provide the power, but we have the blessing of being involved, too And when we do work at it, we can...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 1
Time for a garden, blooms and Scripture update. I added “garden” since they’re not all blooms. The photo shows the new screen door I put in the blueberry frame. For several years I’ve used a “flap” of...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 2
The foundation of this photo is the six cups of blueberries needed for a blueberry pie. Sharon used them for the pie on Father’s Day and it’s being enjoyed much. I called it a harvest bowl when I added...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 3
Other new additions to the garden hardware and produce this year – a cucumber frame and seedless/burpless cucumbers. Both hardware and “software” are doing very well. The cucumbers are especially good...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 4
The banana peppers are another first this year. After ordering sub sandwiches with banana peppers, we found we liked them. Then we bought some in a jar and Sharon began putting them on our homemade...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 5
We had to have our drain field replaced several years ago, so I planted wildflowers in the section of disturbed ground. They’ve been re-seeding and coming back every year since then. The beauty of...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 6
The Cherokee Rose is the state flower of Georgia. It is beautiful, as you can see. Typically, this rose is a climber, but if you don’t give it anything to climb, it climbs itself. This bush is a mound...
View ArticleGarden, Blooms and Scripture 7
Here are the lavender (on the left) and the rosemary under the windmill. First time on the lavender this year, too. I didn’t think about it until I started this series that there were quite a few new...
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