Amen! We don't have to be anxious for anything, do we? We can let our requests be made known to God, with thanksgiving, and the peace that surpasses all understanding will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Hallelujah for that!
Take a look at my baby garden..just starting to get some growth....but no muddy paths, thanks to clover!
That's how I got it!Feel free to steal it and share it!
Yes!Especially that nosy little red hen...the garden will have a sign that calls the garden The Little Red Hen's Garden, as she supervised all the planting and it's also an apt description as all our family love to eat our garden but never want to help us put one in.
Yes, the clover serves many purposes, one of which is to suppress weed growth. It fixes nitrogen in the soil, keeps the soil moist and a good cover for worms and beneficial bugs, when it blooms it will attract pollinators to the garden, and in the fall and winter my chickens feast on this as it will stay green all winter long. I'm going to try to hoop a few of the rows of clover this winter with wire and plastic so they can still eat here when the snow is too deep.
It's a cheap way to save us labor, retain water, fertilize, insure the pollinators come, and feed the chooks. It's got the added bonus of keeping our feet clean when we work the garden and keep the soils in the pathways from becoming too compacted from our foot travel.
Girls, I don't know what your weather or day is like where you live but I must tell you about this glorious day! The honeysuckle has started to bloom...the smell is most heavenly and redolent of summer. The sky is so blue and the clouds tower white and fluffy over the house like mansions built in the sky. The lawn is greening and growing, with buttercups, clover and little purple flowers all over the meadow...I just saw my bluebird rising from the flowers into a tree and the flash of blue was like a blessing to my heart....God has made all these wonderful things...just breathed them into existence! How amazing is that?
It's hot here but there's a little breeze...it's humid but not deathly so. I took a break from spreading lime, potting flowers and spreading mulch in the heat of the day to sit in front of a fan and drink the best well water around these parts...crystal cold and spring fed. Going to kick back and wait for the hottest part of the day to pass us over, to fellowship with some wonderful women, and to praise God, from Whom all blessings flow.
I dearly hope you all are having as wonderful a day as I am having...or even better! If you haven't been outside to see the things God has made, try to take a break and breathe in that summer smell....soils, grass, humidity and sunshine....it will be like breathing in the love straight from the Lord, because He made it all for our enjoyment and pleasure.
Amen! We don't have to be anxious for anything, do we? We can let our requests be made known to God, with thanksgiving, and the peace that surpasses all understanding will guard our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Hallelujah for that!
Take a look at my baby garden..just starting to get some growth....but no muddy paths, thanks to clover!
do you have to do anything to the clover? cut it~ mow it~ turn it under~ replant it every spring??? I'm sure being in Wi our winters are not the same. I'm zone 4/5. I don't want to use it to amend the soil in the rows. I'm ok with nothing growing there, just to keep weeds down and be cool and cushy on my feet. Does the black plastic burn the plants?? I'm wondering if in the heat black would do more harm than good. I cover my beds with black plastic in the fall to prevent weed seeds from settling in and warm the soil in the spring but I take it off when I plant. Sorry to bombard you with so many questions I love to add to my gardening knowledge. My garden is my happy place. Jen
bee I have thought about doing this also. I have designated beds I concentrate on amending the soil in, as we have a lot of clay. right now I have old carpet from our church between the beds. I like to think some how church carpet has to add extra blessings to my garden
