Buildin garden 50 years ago. [preachin]

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Each fall after we had gathered all our vegs' from the garden and it was empty of any grub-we'd pull all the old plants, clean the vines of our Ky Wonder Pole beans from the poles and stack all the vegatation in a pile. Torch the bean plants and stack our bean poles in the barn. Dependin on how wet the ground was--we'd usually try to bring the tractor in the garden and either plow or disc it. Lots of times it would be too wet so the garden would have to wait until the spring.

It was always looked forward to by us kids, to get ready for garden builtin. The garden would be planned out over the winter months and everybody knew where everything went. To change it was not usually permitted unless somebody wanted to add to it a little for a "new" plant.

About Feb we would start seeds in old tincans, jars and almost anything that would hold dirt. Cabbage was the first to be "seeded" in those planters. About the middle of March we'd start the maters, sweet tater slips. Lettuce would already be planted as well as tater eyes.

I would like to build a huge garden this year but will settle for a little garden with just a few mater plants. Course, onion sets, just a few hills of those Ky Wonder and maybe a real small row of Illini Extra Sweet-sweet corn----!

It's always prudent to prepare for the future and this is such a time.

The return of Jesus Christ is quickly approaching----whether folks are lookin for Him or not. Their doubt and unbelief will make no difference in that earth shattering event!

old hoot. Matt.24:44

-- old hoot gibson (hoot@pcinetwork.com), March 23, 2002

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You are so right old hoot, ready or not, here He comes! That thought really woke me up a few years ago. Jesus has a time that He's coming and He won't be waiting for me to make up my mind. I'm either on the boat now, or I'm not. I'm with you, "it's always prudent to prepare for the future and this is such a time." And I'm not just talking about the garden!

-- Lynelle SOwestVA (X2ldp@aol.com), March 23, 2002.

Hello Hoot, I can remember as a kid growing up in Clinton, Louisiana the acre and a-half garden we wold put in. Since I was the oldest, I got to do the tractor work. That old Ford 8N back then was the machine to me!, as long as you kept water in the radiator. Now that hoeing was not my cup of tea. We had an old front tyne tiller, but for some reason it was never used in the garden much. The hoe was king! and yes as a young teenager, I would gripe and complain about the garden till I got that look from dad. I knew the belt was next. I also remember the five galon buckets fulL of butter beans, peas or what have you that we grew. We would sit for hours shelling those beans. I think I liked picking corn best. Now looking back those were the good old days. How I wish I could go back. Now I am in the city with only a few tomato plants, if I get to plant any at all. Well I want be in the city for long, in about a year I am moving back to the country and going to build a log cabin and get my log furniture business going full swing. How I miss the deer and squirrels (spelling) and yes I want a garden atleast two acres. CAN YOU JUST FEEL THE DIRT BETWEEN YOUR TOES? How about a good chicken yard? Later Hoot, got to going on too much.

-- Jerry Travis (travis938@yahoo.com), March 23, 2002.

Yep, we better have our future plans made NOW! We may be called before He returns. Last Monday my 45 yr old niece walked into the hospital for tests and died when dye for heart was injected. She was ready to meet Jesus. Are you? We are not guaranteed the next breath.

-- GibsonGirl in s.e.Illinois (bobtravous@email.com), March 24, 2002.

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