Pussy Willow.

My very favorite sign that spring is on its way!

Tired of long, rainy winter days? Try putting some pussy willow cuttings in a cheerful bud vase and placing it on your desk, brew some peppermint tea (or your favorite) and sit down and name five things you're thankful for. Then praise the Lord for His loving kindness.

That's how I brighten up my day! What are some ways you make your home cheerful on days like this?

My "thankful" list.

1. Sibling to go on walks with me.

2. Good books.

3. A car with a heating system.

4. Like-minded friends.

5. The merganzer duck I saw on Wiser Lake yesterday.
(Call me weird, but I was so excited, I'm a crazy bird person.) :)
What's on your list? Please share!

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night, shall not cease. ~Genesis 8:22

I hope you're all enjoying the last few weeks of winter, and looking forward to spring!

"The church needs to rid itself of all false glories that torture scripture by inserting personal ideas into the Scripture which lend to it their own sense. No! Scripture, Scripture, Scripture!

For me, constrain, press, compell me with God's word."

~Martin Luther

Spring is Coming!

Is anyone else getting just slightly excited to start planting and working your gardens again!? I am!

With last year being my first veggie garden year, I'm already looking to start ordering my seeds for this year. One of the best ways to grow veggies is to start with organic, non-genetically modified seeds. Using the word 'heritage' is helpful when you're searching. Otherwise most garden supply shops and nurseries give you a blank stare as you stress the words non-genetically modified.

Baker Seed Company specializes in organic, non-GM seeds, and I'm planning on getting alot of my seeds from them. here's a link to their home page. You can order a catalog, or shop online.

http://rareseeds.com/

Here are some things I'm hoping to order

Bradforshire Cumber

New England Sugar-pie pumpkin

Dragon Tooth beans

I can't wait to start gardening!!