Skylar planted an assortment of summer zinnia and sweet pea. I chose to plant cucumbers and hope to get a vally lime tree (found near Corpus Christi, TX). The tree is for fall but I hope to enjoy the cucumbers now. She wanted a watermelon patch but I talked her out of it.
I am so glad I agreed to follow through. I learned some amazing things about the seed growing process. It has helped me during this season of my life. It reminded me when Jesus taught that His kingdom was alot like growing a garden. We start our garden with a seed, and through the growth process, we obtain the harvest.
The Parable of the Growing Seed
He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.”
There are nine steps from planting to harvest.
1) A seed; our garden begins when the seed is planted in fertile soil.
2) The seed then divides itself and sends root downward, and a shoot upward.
3) A leaf breaks through the surface and conforms itself in every way to its parent plant.
4) It struggles to survive and conquer drought, heat, insects-
5) and if it prevails, it goes to work producing blooms, buds, etc.
6) Thus seed blooms to produce other seed; to replicate itself.
7) After the fruit or seed forms, it completely ripens.
8) Finally, the husk, shell , or peeling is put off.
9) And the fruit is harvested.
The number of each step also means the same as the words in bold. I was blown away by that but that is a whole other subject.
Here is a photo of growing our garden at 2 weeks.
