The view of East Rock from our garden.
Andy, Sarah Warren and Father Joseph discuss how to mulch the young tomato plants.
Andy and James: professional mulching team.
The tomato plants bask in the sun.
A dispatch from Andy:I played this hymn on Sunday and I like it a lot.
"We plow the fields and scatter the good seed on the land,
But it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand,
Who sends the snow in winter, the warmth to swell the grain,
The breezes and the sunshine, and soft refreshing rain.
All good gifts around us are sent form heaven above
We thank you God we thank you, for all your love"
When we were planting this garden, an old man walked up and said, "You've done everything you can. Now you just have to sit back and let God do some miracles."
Seeds are blowing my mind this week. Six days ago we dropped flat crusty chunks of DNA into the dirt and waited. I imagined the seeds weighed down by soil, drenched in water, forcing up a tiny shoot to get some solar power before exhausting their stored energy. Then, starting Friday, the shoots started poking through the soil. Turnips, cucumbers, sweet corn, beans, lettuce, and, this morning, some baby carrots. It's amazing.
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