tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824212541842333030.post5586677739517448661..comments2023-03-17T10:21:31.264-05:00Comments on Out on the Range with Granny Simplicity: When is Failure a Failure?Granny Simplicityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14110266660205010465noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824212541842333030.post-14465732347104222642011-08-03T15:04:53.519-05:002011-08-03T15:04:53.519-05:00Wonderful post. Thank you. I have changed July 4th...Wonderful post. Thank you. I have changed July 4th in our home to "Inner Dependence Day." We do something towards self-sufficiency on the outside each year while being especially mindful of our dependency on Him on the inside. Most people have it backward these days, don't you think?PocketsoftheFuturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951717980830820948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824212541842333030.post-48267847797308557412011-08-03T13:48:20.184-05:002011-08-03T13:48:20.184-05:00Our garden has not done well this year, our green ...Our garden has not done well this year, our green bean plants came up but have not produced one green bean, in a normal year I can about 90 pints of beans. Our tomatoes are small and just starting to ripen, I don't anticipate a bountiful crop. Onions did fine, potatoes okay, cabbage fantastic, peas were a disaster, peppers are all very small. It has been a very hot, very dry summer. Our corn has been ravaged by deer!! I have noticed that every year some things do well and others don't, for instance our grape vines have loved the hot dry summer so we will have a lot of grape jelly this winter, but the peas hated it.<br /><br />I think gardeners are very optimistic people, we think and plan our garden all winter, we can't wait to get out in early spring to till and plant, we get so excited when plants emerge from the ground and around the end of July we get a reality check, but you know what there is always next year :)<br />Watching seeds that you planted a week ago start to emerge from the ground and seeing them in a month or so turned into vigorous growing large plants never ceases to amaze me and the garden is a wonderful place to pray and meditate upon the wonders of creation that we are blessed with by Our Lord.<br /><br />Blessings to you,<br />BeanBeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484707482492844677noreply@blogger.com