The Little Kitchen Garden

Spring is here! Watching the brown of winter suddenly turn pastel fills me a longing to be outside. The pale green of tree buds and the many hues of blossoms take my breath away. Watching tulips and hyacinth burst forth from the dormant garden spurs me on to begin planning my own garden.

I have a small kitchen garden with raised beds on the south side of the house. Each spring I carefully plan what herbs, vegetables, and flowers will be planted. Many are old standbys, green beans, peas, carrots, and tomatoes. This year I’m going to choose a few new varieties of seeds and plants.

The old adage, “Time began in a garden” is perhaps why so many of us are drawn to gardens. Part of us longs for the perfection of God’s creation prior to the Fall. I wonder too, if many of us are not gardening enthusiasts because this was the first ever job description for humans. Adam was placed in the Garden of Eden to tend it. (Genesis 2:8,15) I’m so looking forward to tending my little plot of ground. Too bad I have weeds to deal with too!

Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants
and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.”
And it was so.
The land produced vegetation: plants bearing seed according to their kinds
and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds.
And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 2:11-12

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