Today, I'm working on my garden. I don't know how the pioneers did it!!! Last week I planted six rows of seeds...spinach, cauliflower, beans, lettuce, zucchini, and radish. It was hard work, but fulfilling. I was beginning to look forward to a bountiful crop in a few months. Then "disaster" struck! Yesterday, we had the little pond behind our house cleaned. They drain the pond with a small pump, and since the fish water makes a great fertilizer it was my "smart idea" to put the water on the vegetable garden. So the pond cleaners (sweet boys who go to BYU!), put on an extra drainage hose so the fish water would reach the garden. Well, I had no idea the power of those drainage pumps! The water shot out with a force of probably 500 miles per hour! The nice black garden top soil went flying and my newly planted seeds all flowed out of the garden on wave almost big enough for a surfer! So... there went the garden. What took a couple hours to plant, was gone in a couple seconds! I found about 10 bean seeds (they are big), hiding in the lawn. So starting with that small remnant, I will replant, and remember not to drain the pond in the vegetable garden again. An important lesson! I imagine the pioneers had lots of lessons like that along the way, and probably had to replant more than once, some years, and they planted acres, not a small garden like I have. Yet they carried on, and remembered to sing and give thanks that "All is well, All is well." I hope I can do that, and be grateful for everything,
even fish water fertilizer!
“We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard. Even those residing in apartments or condominiums can generally grow a little food in pots and planters. … Make your garden as neat and attractive as well as productive. If there are children in your home, involve them in the process with assigned responsibilities”
~Spencer W. Kimball,
Ensign, May 1976
even fish water fertilizer!
“We encourage you to grow all the food that you feasibly can on your own property. Berry bushes, grapevines, fruit trees—plant them if your climate is right for their growth. Grow vegetables and eat them from your own yard. Even those residing in apartments or condominiums can generally grow a little food in pots and planters. … Make your garden as neat and attractive as well as productive. If there are children in your home, involve them in the process with assigned responsibilities”
~Spencer W. Kimball,
Ensign, May 1976
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