One of our Community Gardeners, Dan Krotz, has begun putting his garden to bed for the year. It is a little early, but he'll be out of town for a while and wanted to get a jump on year end tasks before it got too late. You'll probably see our other Church gardeners doing their fall clean-up fairly soon. Stop by and admire the last of this year's bounty. And, if you notice lots of green sprouts popping up in the beds, don't be alarmed: it isn't crabgrass; it's a small crop of oats which has been planted to add nitrogen to the soil for next year.
You have probably seen the flowers above, which I think are called Hyacinth Bean. They were grown by Jennifer Hudspeth. This spectacular plant has given us, by turns, richly profuse foliage, darkly lovely flowers, and literally hundreds of maroon bean pods that are about the size and shape of snow pea pods. Perhaps we can convince (and help) Jennifer to produce this spectacular garden sideshow again--but along the entire street-sides perimeter of the garden.
Let us also now, in the closing days of the growing season, say "thank you" to Kari Keever, the remarkable young woman who, along with mother and sister, has so faithfully managed our little garden and represented our Church Community to Loaves and Fishes. Kari has been an inspiration to her gardening colleagues, and to many people in the larger community. Kari, thank you very much.
We also thank everyone in our church for the provision of land for the garden, for the water that has kept it green, and for the intentions and prayers that have been felt by all of the gardeners. Our church garden has been a good thing done for good reasons and for the glory of God. Thank you, thank you.
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