Saturday, July 28, 2012

A few garden highlights - July 23-25th 2012

In Progress



Even though I have been keeping up (until this last week) a fairly comprehensive log of our garden in the May folder, I thought it would be nice to show a few 'garden-y' things here for a change.  This way some of you who don't go back to the May folder can see a bit of it.


Fennel is very cool to see--the pictures just don't do it justice.

Fennel


Sunflower




Dh built us a COMPOST bin-- a welcome addition!



Kohlrabi and some greens--tastes great and looks like mini sculptures!

This caterpillar, normally found eating your tomato plants, becomes the most incredible insect--the Sphinx Moth!!!  It looks and acts like a mini hummingbird--check it out online!
I use an old satelite dish as a bird bath and some shelves as a bird platform to feed all the birds around our area.  We have 2 hummingbird feeders, thistle feeders, sunflower feeders, and the platform feeders too.  We can feed a lot of birds each day.  This summer has really been very active.  Usually the birds are not as interested in our feeders during the summer; but this year they have been very attentive.




Sunday School concepts

I need a spot to put ideas for future Sunday School concepts--like acronyms-- my friend, Christie just mentioned the ABC's of becoming a Christian and I thought that would be a good thing to go over if I do Sunday School again (thanks, Christie!)

The ABC's of becoming a Christian: Admit, Believe, and Confess

How to Pray the A.C.T.S. Prayer:   (thanks to Rachel for this reminder)
Adoration
Confession
Thankfulness
Supplication