Red Raspberries and...

The farm is alive and well!  We have been enjoying red raspberries lately not a bumper crop yet, but any amount is very unexpected this early!

  

As you can see, the rhubarb is doing great!  Also, you can see in the background that the Orange Tree is yellowing.  I talked to Gary from Armstrongs and said that the rain must have depleted the iron, which causes yellowing.  I bought a bag of natural iron supplement for trees and plants and fed it to the tree today.

The wild flowers are popping up too.

Trouble in Paradise.

As you could more than likely tell from the comments people have left, there's been trouble in paradise. In fact, that is the reason why I haven't blogged in awhile.

Have you ever had one of those days where you are just a little down?  Well, I was having one of those days when I decided to raise my spirits by doing a little farming.  I walk over to my Sidewalk Farm and things seemed out of sorts.  There were a couple of the baby apples rolling around and the leaves to the apple tree looked parched.  At first, all I thought had happened was the tree had become a little too dry and lost it's apples.  Then I noticed foot prints all around the base of the tree and they didn't seem friendly.  I barely touched the trunk and the whole tree fell over.


I was sad to hear that Humanity had stooped so low that someone felt the need to break a baby apple tree for fun.  As I looked around the "Farm", I notice the peach tree had been messed with as well.  Luckily, it had a thicker trunk and the roots seemed to have taken hold much more heartily.  My rhubarb had also taken a good stomping.  It was apparent that there were deliberate actions taken to harm the farm.


There was nothing else to do, but go talk to my good buddies at the Auto Body Shop.  I walked in with the broken tree to show them what had happened.  William, my friend who had saved the lemon tree months ago, saw what I was holding and said he was sorry for not being there when it happened.  I laughed and smiled at him and told him that he just made me believe in Humanity again.  I also told him not to worry about it, it's not his responsibility.  Right then, Lionel (the man who helped me plant the orange tree) came over and said he was the one who picked up the tree and replanted it.  He said that if it get's enough water and is in the soil, there is a slim chance roots may return, but not likely.


Humanity is good.  Well, 99% of Humanity is good.  Isn't it so true that when something negative comes our way, we blame everyone/Humanity?  On the other hand, if something positive comes our way, we thank the one person that was kind.  I am going to do my best to switch that in my thought life.  The next time something bad happens, I am going to think about the one, hurting and broken person, and not blame Humanity.  Then, when something good happens I will think of everyone on God's good earth.


To whomever tried to destroy the Sidewalk Farm, thank you.  I hope you will someday have wholeness.