I believe that everyday there are little miracles if we will just open our eyes to see them.
Today I was working in the garden with some wonderful volunteers and discovered some "volunteer" tomato plants. These plants likely came up from seeds of tomatoes that fell from last years plants and decomposed. It was incredible for many reasons, one of them being that last year I only planted around 15 tomato plants, and this year there were around 100 volunteer plants that sprouted up. I gave a few of the plants away tonight and am going to take many more to plant at the homes of some of the families that I know who are interested in growing some of their own food.
The coolest thing though, is that Jesus says, " Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies it cannot bear fruit." It is just so amazing to see that passage come to life. There was one spot where 16 tomato plants where all clustered together, clearly being from seeds of one tomato. That one tomato fell to the ground and died, but it produced 16 plants which will each produce many tomatoes. Beautiful.
So many more thoughts about the gardening experience tonight but will just note a couple quickly.
1. The kids got to pick a strawberry from the few that have grown- the rinsed and ate them with the biggest smiles on their faces!
2. The kids cut a lot of lettuce(yet just a small portion of all that is ready to harvest). They were thrilled about rinsing, and even eating it! So exciting.
