Thanksgiving

I love the spring best overall for renewed hope and vigor. But this time of year is also wonderful. The days are more relaxed and peaceful feeling, and it is nice to look through the garden and see what progress it has made. And now is the time when we reap our most bountiful harvest! Our peach and pear trees are gifting us with beautiful, large, delicious fruit. We have plentiful tomatoes, peppers, squash, grapes, as well as some beans and raspberries. Every meal has something delicious and healthful from our garden!

Heavenly Help

I have worked this summer trying to coax my back lawn back to health and beauty with limited success. I got rid of the insects that were eating the roots, I have given it water and fertilizer and weed killer, but there are still patches that don't look very good. The best improvement in the lawn came after a wonderful heaven sent storm that soaked us with an inch of rain over several days, and brought us relief from the August heat. The yellow areas became smaller, and their color tinged more towards green, and the healthy areas thickened and turned darker green. I think it will continue now to improve, and it will be pretty again before it goes to sleep for the winter. Sometimes we just need some help from the heavens.