Vegetable Garden

"To everything there is a season,

and a time to every purpose

under the heaven."

Ecclesiastes 3:1

We enjoy the truth of this verse all evident in nature around us. We have a small vegetable garden where we grow several vegetables like tomatoes, okras,peppers, beets, bitter gourd. Our family enjoys the process it takes to garden vegetables.

Every year we take the seeds of the vegetables and store them after they are washed and dried, they are placed in freezer bags and frozen. Here they stay all nice and safe until it's time to be sowed.

Last February, we sowed the tomato and okra seeds in little containers with peat moss. Water them and keep them covered away from direct light. Send a prayer to the Almighty that He may give life to those tiny seeds.

Within a week, lo ! and behold tiny seedlings started sprouting. Now, take the cover off and bring it under a plant light. Water them as necessary to keep the soil moist.

By the time spring is here and the frost chances are almost eliminated, plan on planting them outside. However, before transplanting, take the plants outdoors during the day in the shade, bringing them back indoors during the night and get them acclamatized for almost a week . After this the plants can be transplanted in the ground.The pepper seeds, and beets and bitter gourd were directly sown into the ground .

Today, we picked our bush beans, and tomatoes. It's amazing to see this practical lesson of a season for everything in our vegetable garden. God is so awesome. He amazes us all the time, showing us His presence in nature. If only man could see!!!