FLOURISH

I love the word FLOURISH. I recently attended a Woman's conference at our local church, by the same name, and you couldn't help but be drawn into it all, partly because of title they had given it, and the different thoughts it conjured up in your mind - thoughts of possibility, growth, abundance, joy and happiness! And over the last few weeks, I have seen all these things take place right here, in our garden.

The sugar snap peas are just too many to count!! And above all, they are boasting the most gorgeous little white flowers, that almost make me want to plant them all over the garden! It's SPRING here now and everything is just FLOURISHING. The garden is full of colour, butterflies still dance from shrub to shrub, and the birds just can't get enough of it all. Sadly I will soon be saying goodbye to the winter garden of flowers from our succulents that grow right outside my "office window", - and attract the most colourful sunbirds, but who's complaining when there's so much else to see and celebrate! I remember this time last year feeling somewhat cheated by the chilli weather, rain and mist we were having, but this year, MR SUN has definitely come out in full force, with light rain evenly distributed here and there, to bring relief from the heat - perfect!The vegetable garden has grown even more since these pics were taken, and even more exciting news is that even our worm farm is now producing worm tea on a regular basis. We are dousing our veggies and plants with this wonder mixture every week, and it's hard to describe how LUSH and green and HEALTHY our plants are looking.
Onions that are now DOUBLE this size - sadly they take long to grow, so we wait in anticipation.... Carrots - we have since planted more!

The spinach we harvested recently was almost too gorgeous to eat! And there was so much of it, 3 families got to enjoy it's goodness. Very exciting indeed! And yesterday as we lay under the shade of a tree in our garden playing cards with some friends of ours, I was and amazed to see that the bag of sugar snap peas took preference over the LAYS crisps (i kid you not!) - children included, as the snack of choice! And since I've mentioned my picnic blanket I just have to add that it's not just ANY picnic blanket! Each square on the blanket was hand painted by members from an under priviledged community. Each square tells a story or has a message about the environment, and the value and protection of trees. I chose these particular squares from a wide selection of pictures, because trees are without a doubt one of my favourite things:-).
Sadly the photo won't rotate, but you can still see the lovely work.