by Karen Bush | Apr 26, 2012 | Gardening
The soil is so moist that there’s no real need to water the newly sown seeds. But we knew what the sign said: Sow Weed Water Wait We’d supplied ourselves with watering cans, so we couldn’t dream of leaving until we did the watering step. Jim and the...
by Karen Bush | Apr 25, 2012 | Gardening
We smoothed out the soil and Abby searched through all the seed packets to find the radishes. Then she had a sixty-second lesson on square-foot-gardening. We were planting two squares, thirty-two radishes. I marked out the grid and her nimble fingers did a great job...
by Karen Bush | Apr 23, 2012 | Gardening
I feel pretty passionate about teaching children to cherish God’s creation. The earth gives us so many gifts. It’s important to receive them with gratitude and respect. Food growing from a tiny seed? Well, all I can say is that it’s a miracle – one...