of applying your plan and efforts to God’s
those goals as you make choices concerning
miraculous tapestry of nature and demon-
the following issues.
strate you can help start life, and nurture
its growth? Do you want to enjoy some of
ST YLE
the best tasting, fresh picked tomatoes you
This may not be the most important
have ever experienced by simply stepping
consideration but it does have some prac-
into the backyard and picking a few? Do
tical implications. By style, I mean the
you want to gro w enough
geometric shape, aesthetic
of these tomatoes (and, or
choice of tools like trel-
squash, cucumbers, okra,
lises, and whether or not
eggplant, purple hull peas,
I suggest that planning you choose raised bed
corn, green beans, etc.,
gardening or “on grade”
your
vegetable
garden
etc.) to freeze or can for
gardening (level with the
should begin by ask-
tasty and nutritious supple-
surrounding area). I enjoy
ments to your pantry - to
ing yourself a few basic creativity as much as most
last throughout the winter?
anyone and a garden can
questions
Do you want to follow
offer a wonderful oppor-
the protocols of organic
tunity for artistic expres-
gardening and see if you can grow food that sion and design. From building trellises for
you believe is healthier for you and your
climbing vegetables like cucumbers and
family, and the environment? Or, maybe
pole beans by utilization of unusual mate-
you want to try something you have heard
rial, to designing the perimeter shape of the
so many people talk of enjoying, just to see
garden to follow a greater landscape plan on
what all the ‘fuss’ is about. Think about
your property, a garden can be a large scale
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