Previously I wrote with excitement about our garden. Apparently, the cabbage looper worm was also very excited about our squash and pumpkins. Valuable lessons from this little critter was learned for future gardening reference: When you see evidence of a worm, diagnose and treat it immediately. The Texas A&M site describes them as, "voracious feeders." These boogers ate our entire garden in three days!We were able to get one delicious acorn squash before they did. We all enjoyed it-even Tobin!
We actually almost got two squash out of it...all along we planned on giving our pastor the "first fruit" of our garden. We thought it would be a fun tradition to teach the kids about tithing and giving to God first. However, I really wasn't sure if the squash was ripe, so we decided to pick it and eat it to see. If it was okay I'd pick the next one in the morning to give away. At that point the worms had only seemed interested in the leaves. However they ate the squash overnight. Just goes to show why God wants our first, not our second fruit cause we may not have anything leftover!Now we have some tomatoes growing, hopefully we will get to enjoy more than one. We will definitely try and keep up with gardening. I think it will be a great tool to use to teach the kids biblical principles because there are so many parables to gardening & harvesting.
Joshua keeps talking about the tomatoes growing. One day he set his chair next to them and proclaimed he was going to "watch them grow."
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That's so cute! We definitely learn patience from gardening don't we! And the ability to sit, listen and watch it grow - Hey J's got the right idea!!
I just had to reread this post because I was talking to my brother about tithing out of the income from my new business venture. I invested a small sum and have made back about 25% of my initial investment to date. I was thinking about this the other day and wondering if I should wait until I recover my initial investment before I tithe or if I go ahead and start tithing now. My brother and I were talking about first fruits and I remembered this post of yours. It convinces me that we need to give out of my small earnings to date. It's all God's anyway.
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