Smokin' hot!!

The garden was a cool place to see later this morning when the fog finally started to burn off of our little town!  I wish I would have had my camera with me when I first headed out.  But I did manage to capture some of the steam coming off of the garden as the sun warmed the earth.  It looked sizzlin'!!

Ask and ye shall receive - Part Two

Friday night, after my evening prayers and retiring for the night, I lay in bed thinking about the garden and how dry it has been all winter long.  Rod and I had watched the weather reports on the News and saw we had very little chance of rain reaching us down here in southern Utah, yet again!

Prayer is powerful!  Without going into all the details, I DO pray for the garden, as I'm sure others do too, and we are absolutely thankful for the beautiful rain that fell all day long today!  It was PERFECT.  No heavy downpour; no "just dusting the dirt on the surface."  There was a steady drizzle for most of the day which sunk down into the soil of our community garden.  I could almost hear the grateful ground guzzling the much needed moisture!


              
 
We give thanks to our Heavenly Father!!  And we hope our "blessing" didn't disrupt others' plans too much.  ^_^

ASK AND YE SHALL RECEIVE!!

Saturday was a great work day and we got a lot accomplished in the hour everyone spent helping out in the garden.  When everyone left, Devon and I stayed in the garden, reviewing what should be done next, what still needed finished, etc.

At one point I mentioned, "You know, we really should find some kind of old chest of drawers or something that we could put all the small tools, repair things, etc. in so they wouldn't sit in the beating sun, or in the rain and get ruined."   Devon agreed and said he'd what he could find...

Fast forward five days later. . . I went to the garden to drop off a bunch of buckets that someone had "freecycled", and there in the garden was EXACTLY what I wanted but didn't know about!!  Take a look at this cool garden box that Devon made!!  I LOVE IT!!

   

Gambling in the Garden!

Here it is, the second week of JANUARY, and we're planting in the garden!!  Well, what else are you supposed to do with incredibly gorgeous weather, day after day?!  We PLANT!!  Now, what gets interesting is seeing what the next two months bring.

Once in awhile we get a "learning experience" but the rest of the time we get really early crops!  So, it's an easy way to "gamble" without losing the shirt off your back, or your grocery or mortgage money!!

Come join us in the garden and see how much fun you can have, AND learn something at the same time!

(If you want to see more planting details, click the tab above that says 2012 Planting Record.)  Some of the people who have joined in the fun last week and this were: Devon Reeves, Julie Schram, Gary and MaryAnn Zabriskie, Julie Wiliams, Summer, Jace, Aspen and Preston Lang, Grandma Belmont and her clan of grandkids, Susan Skania, Markay Thorklesen, Debbie Hafen, Bob and Lea Porter, Jeonghoon Son, Jennifer and Cierra Clark, Brian, Lea, Dominic, and Bella Larkin, Scott Plummer, Jodi, Haylie, and Morgan Yates, Brecken Moore, Angela Tippetts, and Myrle Nielson.

Who says it's too early to work in the garden?!

Great way to start the new year. . . beautiful weather, lots of compost, and great helpers to work with!!

 Even the younger set were a BIG help!

Special Tribute. . .

There will never be a "right time" to do this...Devon won't like it no matter when I do it...but since I have the computer access he'll just have to deal with it. ^_^

I wanted everyone to know that there wouldn't be much of a garden, if any, if not for Devon Reeves!! Talk about a great side-kick!! He has been heavily involved with the garden from its inception, and I don't know what we would do without him!

Thanks for your help, Devon!!