June has been a rainy month here in Northwest Georgia and my daylilies and other flowers have flourished, filling my garden with color. But with the hot sultry days of July most of the daylilies have finished blooming. Left behind are the brown stalks where the plants once proudly displayed their glory. The stalks are… Continue reading Which choice?
In between rainstorms yesterday morning, I went out to pull some weeds from my flower garden and got nice and muddy, but it was peaceful and quiet. The birds were chattering as they had their breakfast, and the air was still before the storms moved in. I feel God close by when I’m pulling and… Continue reading On my knees in the weeds
We are mid-October, and it is finally feeling like fall here in Northwest Georgia. My little vegetable garden is dried up except for a few green peppers that keep holding on, but the field behind our house is white. It’s not from snow—that would be very unusual for our neck of the woods — but… Continue reading The fields are white
We are tomato rich at the Flake house right now. Each year I never know which plants will thrive in my vegetable garden. Last year I had cucumbers in abundance, the year before it was squash. This year it is the tomatoes. I planted 4 different varieties – Early girls, Better Boys, a cherry tomato… Continue reading Tomato Rich
I had a morning in the garden yesterday.
Under the Magnolia Tree 