Garden Magic

Garden Magic

This is the garden's magic,
That through the sunny hours
The gardener who tends it,
Himself outgrows his flowers.

He grows by gift of patience,
Since he who sows must know
That only in the Lord's good time
Does any seedling grow.

He learns from buds unfolding,
From each tight leaf unfurled,
That his own heart, expanding,
Is one with all the world.

He bares his head to sunshine,
His bending back a sign of grace,
and ev'ry shower becomes
His sacramental wine.

And when at last his labors
Bring forth the very stuff
And substance of all beauty
This is reward enough.
-MARIE NETTLETON CARROLL


Today we harvested our first vegetables out of our garden ~
Lettuce and Sugar Snap Peas!

Clint plants a garden at the beginning of every spring ~ unfortunately because of his back surgery he is not able to bend down and harvest the vegetables
himself but as you can see Joe and Alexis were all about picking the peas for him!

We are still waiting on our tomatoes, carrots, peppers, and cucumbers. (Patiently) I think one of the most important things you can do is to teach a child how to grow their own vegetable garden and they LOVE it too!

Here are some pictures! (you can see Alexis' pink playhouse in the background)