Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Garden Update



The garden continues getting bigger! These few photos show the most progress on tomatoes, green beans and corn (from top to bottom).

Here is a poem written by my Memee, about gardens:

One is nearest God's heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth,
The kisses of sun, the song of the birds,
The beauty, the joy and the mirth.
The peace of the quiet, the sweet smelling soil,
The air so fresh and so pure,
A comfort in beautiful gardens
There we're nearer God's heart I am sure!
The red of the roses, the fragrance so rare,
The rain that refreshes, tho' it falls everywhere
Is sweeter by far in the garden apart
For here we are clower I know to God's heart.
We are closer to God's heart in a garden
For there He so often had prayer
There's pardon and love from the Saviour above,
Here our burdens and cares He will bear.
So let us all love the garden
Enjoy it for what it is worth,
For we're nearest God's heart in the garden
Than anywhere else on the earth!

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's so great the you included this poem by Memee--I don't remember reading this one before. Glad you have an update. Eric bought our seeds over the weekend, so hopefully we can plant soon! love, carrie

Tracy said...

Beautiful poem!

It's a Mom Thing said...

I know nothing about gardening, although I have the desire to know more. What resources (books, websites) did you find helpful. Also, do you have to do anything special to make your veggies grow in such sandy soil?

Anonymous said...

Dear Monica --

Thanks for sharing Memee's poem -- and for your garden update. :)

Love you,
Mom

Monica Wilkinson said...

Miriam -

There is an invaluable book that is available from your local extension office that is written for SC gardening. It is divided by different regions within SC and is loaded with helpful info. This has by far been the best info I've had so far.

As far as the soil - it will be a work in progress - we did test it and add the appropriate missing items, then added horse manure to let it amend the soil. We will need to continue to repeat these steps. Some things will probably do better than others with the sand content in the soil.

The SC extension office also has an 800 number where you can call certain hours of the day and speak to a master gardener free of charge asking them your gardening questions. This is a great resource as well.

Jthemilker said...

The poem is SO sweet!!! I love it!