Come! See the Garden!

It's raining! It's pouring! The young leaves are growing! The weather has been typical Indiana weather; undecided. It has been raining nearly all week, but as I sit here typing, the rain has cleared up and it is sunny outside. Oh well! God sent both the rain and the sun to help our plants grow. We've been busy bees in the garden these past few weeks. Two weeks ago we put leaves and mulch over the cucumber patch to help keep the weeds at bay.We're going for a nearly weed-free garden two years in a row! This past week has been maintaining what we have and watching as our young plants spring to life.

I can not wait until harvest time. Then we can see the fruit of our labor, but right now let's take a quick  look at what is growing in the garden. 

Remember, this is only a few of the lovely things we are growing here at South Paw Unity Garden. We would love to invite anyone interested to come and join us at the Garden! Thank you so much and God Bless! 

The spinach is growing so fast! 

The strawberries are beginning to sprout!

The mini herb garden- tarragon and mint

Rhubarb!!

The grape vines climbing up the back fence

Spring is Here Finally!

Praying mantis cocoon.

Our garden is waking up from a very long winter's sleep. Everything seems to have survived the cold winter, even some of the Brussels sprouts! I really can't believe they were still green on the bottom. Some of the gardeners have had a taste of the asparagus crop for the first time since they were planted three years ago. That was a wonderful surprise. Since we had covered the ground so well last year with cardboard and straw and mulch, the weeds are manageable for the first time in 5 years. I really love that! The Penn High School agriculture students have grown all our sprouts for us this year. We got the cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower in the ground already. Since it will be consistently warm for the first time this week, we will be getting the seeds and other plants in the ground. And just think, it is only the first week of May! We had the garden entirely planted way before this time last year, but every year is different so we will do our part and God can do the rest.