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03/28/2010 11:24 PM
Yeah! It's spring and for us, it also means it's crazy around here. After all, between Spring Break, Easter, Holy Communion, Baseball, Kickball, a couple of birthdays, plus helping to plan a small, but intimate 50th Wedding Anniversary for my parents this summer, we're lucky to keep our heads on straight (well, it's straight most of the time at least)! What we also think of is planting and growing our Spring Garden. So, the question I ask today is what's growing in your garden?
Several years ago, we started a garden. We plant vegetables and fruits with the season and this year it’s no different. What's great about it is that we take the time to do it as a family, we pull weeds, we take turns watering it and watching over it and for the most part, the fruits of our labor have paid off. For example, a couple of years ago, while there was a national tomato scare and no one was buying tomatoes for fear of contamination, we grew beautiful ones. They were fresh and yummy and there were plenty to go around to friends and loved ones. Of course, just as good, was our sweet corn. I remember on one occasion, while my mom who was visiting, she said 'you could eat it off the cob' and she was right. It was delicious. We had cucumbers growing all over and became our favorite snack that summer!
Still, with great joy from our garden also comes great disappointment. For us, that was what happened last year. The garden took a beating with the high winds in Corpus Christi and a drought that was unbearable. This year though, we're hoping and praying for God to bless us once again with a beautiful garden.
What's growing in our garden this spring?
· Sweet Corn
· Tomatoes
· Zucchini
· Cucumber
· Carrots
· Watermelon.
So far so good, the corn is starting to shoot up, the carrots are peeking through, and the tomatoes are hanging in there. So to my fellow gardeners, from our little garden to yours we wish you wonderful bounty!
