Lessons in the Dirt

Everything about harvesting, threshing, and winnowing wheat has challenged my perspective when it comes to cleanliness and food preparation.You can't wash wheat. I knew this logically. But practically it has been challenging to let go of my firmly…

I went out yesterday evening to harvest the beans. And lo and behold, the tomatoes were ripe. So, I harvested them too. As I stood in the middle of the garden, surrounded by beans on one side and…

Hubby and I threshed and winnowed the wheat last night. I had been really looking forward to this part of the process ... of watching the chaff blow away in the wind. The Bible speaks of chaff being…

I had the best time watching the bees on the sunflowers yesterday morning!There were lots of bees! And they were all busy!! The saying popped into my head: "Busy as a bee." I had never really thought much…

So, I was puttering about the house yesterday (doing laundry, and running the vacuum) in my pajamas, with a white mineral mud mask smeared all over my face.   The thought popped into my head:   “Wouldn’t it be embarrassing…

Here you can see a photo of our garden this year. Hubby just harvested the wheat this past Monday. Our garden this year has looked a lot different than last year's garden. For starters ... our garden this…

It has been so much fun to watch the wheat grow this year! Hubby and I have never attempted to grow wheat before. Part of the fun of watching the wheat grow is because the Bible has so…

This week hubby and I have been watching bits and snippets of the Olympics.   YouTube has short 5-6 min. video clips of highlights where you can peruse different sports, and the gold winners of each event.   We’ve watched…