Sassy's modeling fees were too high, so I had to borrow this photo.
I am in the doctrinal phase of the Walther book, but I also have some daffodils to dig into the Rose Garden. True bulbs (flower inside already) are a boon to all gardeners. They do not plant seeds, corms, tubers or any other primitive almost-flower. They plant flowers to absorb the rain of autumn, the snow of winter, and the warming rays of spring.
Yet so many deny Creation, explicitly or implicitly. The Enthusiasts (Church Growth, Calvinists, Pentecostals, Roman Catholics) separate the Word from the divine energy of the Spirit. Doubting the Word they reject Creation by the Word.
The Rice-mobile delivers food in a time of Philippine shortages and lock-downs.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for the righteousness of faith, for they shall be satisfied.
I have to watch the clock and oven temperature when I cook, but the bulbs watch the time and temperature for me. As one person wrote, even if we concede Creation (and we do not), then how does anyone explain the software?
How does the daffodil know to send out roots when planted, send the flower stalk up near the soil's surface, and then become dormant for the winter, only to bloom in the chill of early spring? Anyone who has burned something in the oven or tried to eat something still half-frozen would ask himself, "How does the bulb know?"
God has removed most of the fretting from gardening. No matter what goes wrong, the wonders remain. This year I had a large package of Borage seed. I think of them as tiny plants with tiny flowers, popping up here and there, re-seeding themselves. They do no harm, which is more than I can say for the bully plants. At the end of this season the Borage are knee-high and blooming like rose wannabees. The pollen plants are done, but the Borage will produce until a hard frost ends their service.
The mints that I cut back after they bloomed - they are reborn and trying for a second bloom. The crew weed-wacked Cat Mint and now a renewed plant is growing and expanding its borders. The Bee Balm (a mint) has attempted the same thing. Sidewalk supervisors will say to me, "You will not get many blooms in the cold weather." That is true, but the Carbon Cowboys point out the value of roots for improving the soil. Every living root is adding to soil nutrition. If I plan for the roots, the flowers will be that much stronger.
Roses love cold, rainy weather. Or we love them for it. They bloom much longer because the sun is now making them finish up and go to seed (if we do not prune). They respond to the nitrogen in the rain and push more roots into the soil to support the growth. To get roses, harvest roses. If I take 50 roses off the Easy Does It plants, I will soon have 50 more, only with longer stems.
The Shadow knows - Easy Does It roses love to be pruned.
