Spring planting

Spring this year has continued to be cool and wet here in North Carolina. Our earlier planted crops have been growing well.  In between we also weeded and mulched the blueberry patch near the church on a Saturday morning in April when the garden beds were too saturated to work in.

Blueberries starting to form

Finally the weather permitted us to get the tomatoes in this

month.

Tomato plant

Planting Tomatoes

The Food-Faith Connection

The Food-Faith Connection
There is a moral, spiritual implication re: our food choices.  Our garden is the best!  I am so very glad to be affiliated with Koinonia!!!   In your spare time (ha) listen to this podcast.  It underscores the connection between our food and our faith.
-- Jane F.
http://www.seedbed.com/connection-between-food-faith/

Why garden?

Why Garden?

I suspect the answer to that question may be different for each of us.  I grew up in a city and lived in an apartment as a child.  I remember going to visit my aunt and uncle every summer who lived in Michigan. They had a small hobby farm, complete with a big red barn and a haymow, apple trees for climbing and a large organic garden with compost pile.

At the age of seven, I was set down in this space and taught to pull weeds.  It was all so amazing-- tomatoes growing on vines, zucchini squash, carrots and strawberries!  From that came a lifelong love of gardening and growing my own whenever possible.  So now, being retired and living in an apartment, I jumped at the chance to join a community garden. --Deborah G.

So, why do you garden?

Share your thoughts in the comments below.