Burns Best Farm

Blessed, Glorious, Wonderful Rain

For those of you following our farm/garden situation, I wanted to let you know we received about 1 1/2 inches of the most beautiful liquid heaven yesterday afternoon.  This is the first measurable rainfall we've had on our property since April 14 and we praised the Lord for it.

There was actually mud outside the door this morning and I have a reprieve from watering for a day or two, depending on how hot it gets. 

We've been irrigating for weeks, but there is nothing like God-given moisture from the sky to nourish the earth. It is so much more complete than anything man can put on a plant to help it grow and produce food.

As for harvesting, I did manage to get all my potatoes dug up before the rain came.  I will plant more in late summer to take us into the fall, but I learned a lot with this maiden crop and I will do a couple of things differently next time.  All three varieties produced but with the hard freeze in April killing back the plants, I didn't have a big harvest at all. 

The yellow crookneck and pattypan squash continue to flourish and I actually sold four pounds yesterday to mark my first sale of the season.  That was encouraging.  I love to sell food!

The beans have bloomed and I see little pods on the bushy plants, so probably by the weekend my hamstrings will be singing the blues.  I may not post again til September, we have so many beans planted!  If we make it to the market this summer it will be because the beans come in big and we need to sell them somewhere.

Blackberries are starting to ripen.  If I can get to them before the boys do, I might get enough to make a pie. Otherwise, little hands are helping themselves.

Thanks for checking in and we'll be needing more rain by the weekend, so if we come to mind, please pray for us.

How blessed!

09:26, 2007-Jun-20 .. Posted by blessingsbaound

Oh, how blessed you are! This year our garden wasn't able to get completed with all the other projects that we had to do. However, I have been gathering supplies and preparing myself by reading and am excited to have a garden next year. This year I will just have to enjoy yours from what you share online! :-) Thanks for letting us peak into your heart and home! May the Lord bless you richly!