Here are some pictures of the initial stages of the garden. Sadly, I don't have an updated picture to share what a beauty it is right now. Radishes are done, turnips are beginning to be ready and lettuce, kale, and collards are in full swing. We are patiently awaiting the broccoli, carrots and cabbage! Adah loves to touch all the different plants when we go outside to swing and hang out. We recently got some strawberry plants from the Murrays and are hoping they will make it to spring!
Adah and Kyle with the first radish! Behind them you can see a more accurate (but still not as recent) picture of the garden.
Kyle has loved getting to be in the garden, have his hands in the dirt and to have beautiful, delicious plants to care for. The garden has been a substantial, temporary "farm" substitute for us for now. After leaving Kyle's full time job on Sunset Farms that he loved, we knew we at least had to have a garden to fill that hole. I love getting to walk out in our backyard and pick the freshest veggies to prepare for a meal! I have been learning more about growing food and am enjoying that as well. The garden has also been a great conversation starter with neighbors and we have gotten to meet many of them while we were outside working. They meandered over to check things out and it has been sweet how the garden has brought joy to all the neighbors around us. One elderly neighbor used to garden but doesn't any longer after having a stroke. He loved getting to talk about everything with Kyle. It has been a prayer of ours to be a light in our neighborhood and to love on our neighbors and it is cool to see God using our garden for His purposes.
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