It is my favorite time of year, harvest time in the garden. I'll write more on that in a minute but first let me show you our first blooming sunflower of the year: This is the first year I remember planting this sunflower, Chocolate Cherry from Hoss Tools. My daughter loves flowers and was excited … Continue reading Finally!
Rooting Tomato Cuttings (Part 1)
For the past few weeks I have been doing an experiment with tomatoes. Particularly I've been trying to root the cuttings. On a tomato plant if you do not know there are usually suckers growing between the branches. A lot of people recommend pruning these off. I decided to let them grow a bit on … Continue reading Rooting Tomato Cuttings (Part 1)
Pollinators
My daughter loves a flower garden. I am trying something new for the summer. I've planted a warm season pollinator mix I bought from Green Cover Seed in the same plot where I grew a spring cover plot. To this mix I added a few sunflowers because she really like those even though there is … Continue reading Pollinators
Encourage
A few weeks ago I was at church. This particular Sunday I was scheduled to serve in another area. Right before service a friend asked if I could help with something towards the end of the church service. I said I could just slip in for it but really didn't think much of it at … Continue reading Encourage
Creating A Wallpaper
A while back I wanted a custom wallpaper on my phone. I wanted to take one of my photos and put a scripture over it. I took one of my favorite photos and started creating a photo with the scripture I wanted in Photoshop. I created a photo but it was too busy around the … Continue reading Creating A Wallpaper
First Harvest Of Year
Yesterday it finally happened. The first harvest of the year, the work paid off with a half a bucket of Momentum Bush Beans. I had enough for a large bowl for us to eat plus was able to share some with my neighbor. Next, I'm waiting on some tomatoes! Momentum Bush Beans Ready For Picking! … Continue reading First Harvest Of Year
Take And Read
At work I like to listen to some content such as podcasts and YouTube videos while I work. It helps me to focus. This started as a habit of listening to podcasts but sometimes I find a YouTube series I like. One that I really enjoy listening to is the Take And Read Podcast on … Continue reading Take And Read
Passing It Down
My daughter has shown interest in photography. While I'm not the one to teach it we've been doing it together some. The other day we drove down the road to do some photography together. Her eye for a photo is great, now if I can find someone to teach her camera settings we'd be good … Continue reading Passing It Down
Reading Habit
I mentioned the other day about trying to add habits to my life. One of those habits is reading. I'll post a picture of what's in my reading pile right now. I try to read my bible most days and if I have time another book. I just finished 3:16 by Max Lucado (highly recommend … Continue reading Reading Habit
Rock Paintings in BWCA
I'll continue a little more on BWCA this week....On the trip out back to our trucks in the Boundary Waters the trip out took us by some rock paintings. I need to do some reading on the history of these but I thought it was a very interesting part of the experience. BWCA
Michael A. Gilbert 