Garden Pics and Whatnot
2/21/08 - 5th Day - After Breakfast. I know it will sound laughable to those of you who live in really cold climates - who are stuck in the deep freeze for 4 or 5 months a year - but I don't know if I'll ever get used to the wild temperature swings in Central Texas. Don't get me wrong, I love sunny 82 degree days in February like we had yesterday, but when that is followed by 36 degrees and wet/cold this morning, it makes it pretty hard on a body. Our guide Butch over at Homestead Heritage commented on this when we visited over there on Tuesday. He said, "It's not that our temperatures are extreme in hot or cold that makes it hard on plants in Central Texas. It is the extreme fluctuations in temperatures that make it difficult on plants". This is the reason it is difficult to impossible to grow olives in this area, even though we are on the same latitude as Israel. When it is 81 one day, and 18 the next, the plants don't have time to adapt to the changing weather. It will be in the 60's today, which is not so big a swing as we had from yesterday to this morning. It is not uncommon to have 50 degree swings from daytime high to morning low, and we'll see some more of that this week.
Ok, I do have some pictures from homestead heritage, but it will take a day or two to gather them all up. I hope to do a post on it in the next few days - by Monday I hope. I also plan on putting up Parts 3 and 4 of the Darkness and Light sermon series on BiblicalAgrarianism.com today, so be checking for that. Here are some pics I took this morning of the garden. In this first picture you can see the first two raised "double-dug" beds, both of which are partially planted in cool weather crops:
The next picture shows the beds from a different view, and you can see the four subsequent beds in different stages of being worked. The next two beds are already double-dug, and the first of those will also be a raised bed. The 2nd set of three beds will be double-dug, but will not be raised this year. The fifth bed is currently filled with water from the recent rains, and the 6th bed is only just now being dug:
The next picture is from the other direction. You can see the 6th bed just being dug, and the previous ones in various states of completion.
This next picture has nothing to do with the garden, but since I have not put up a picture of the cabin in quite some time, I thought I would do so. This is our home:
Ok, I said that my sister was sending me old pictures, and that I would share them with you. I was wondering if you can help me and tell me if I have changed much. This first picture is from a few months ago, and the second picture is me in 1981 with our dog Christy:
I hope all is well with you all.
Michael Bunker
Ok, I do have some pictures from homestead heritage, but it will take a day or two to gather them all up. I hope to do a post on it in the next few days - by Monday I hope. I also plan on putting up Parts 3 and 4 of the Darkness and Light sermon series on BiblicalAgrarianism.com today, so be checking for that. Here are some pics I took this morning of the garden. In this first picture you can see the first two raised "double-dug" beds, both of which are partially planted in cool weather crops:
The next picture shows the beds from a different view, and you can see the four subsequent beds in different stages of being worked. The next two beds are already double-dug, and the first of those will also be a raised bed. The 2nd set of three beds will be double-dug, but will not be raised this year. The fifth bed is currently filled with water from the recent rains, and the 6th bed is only just now being dug:
The next picture is from the other direction. You can see the 6th bed just being dug, and the previous ones in various states of completion.
This next picture has nothing to do with the garden, but since I have not put up a picture of the cabin in quite some time, I thought I would do so. This is our home:
Ok, I said that my sister was sending me old pictures, and that I would share them with you. I was wondering if you can help me and tell me if I have changed much. This first picture is from a few months ago, and the second picture is me in 1981 with our dog Christy:
I hope all is well with you all.
Michael Bunker
posted by Michael Bunker at 2/21/2008 05:30:00 AM
5 Comments:
Wow! Nice pictures of the garden! It looks really good.
Today, I went into town in a truck with no heat and it is 25 degrees. Nevertheless (sigh) I do understand where you are coming from... ;-)
And, yes, you have changed. LOL!
I know that this doesn't have anything to do with this particular post, but I've been wandering around on your blog, and was hoping you could give me some advice, or maybe point me to where I could find some. I come from a pretty modern church, sincere yet not very mindful of the influence of the world in the church, and as I am realizing some truths that have never been taught, I find myself at odds with "the way things are". One ofthe main things that is an issue is our church is very big on youth ministry. We have a very good youth pastor, who is a great example of living wholheartedly for God's glory to the best that he knows. Whenever we discuss things, my ideas that youth ministy is not such a great idea come up. What I am having trouble reconciling is the thought that "its ok foryou to be so family oriented, because you have a stable family, but what about kids coming from a bad home life, or godless environment". And I dont have a good answer. Can you give me some clarity?
Anonymous,
Basically the youth pastor is saying "It is ok to do what is unauthorized in scripture, or to make up our own solutions for problems, merely because things are bad". I cannot tell you how wrong this reasoning is. I can just say that, just as you are beginning to see things "the way that are", you need to know that you are at the beginning of a very long road. All of us here have come out of commercial/modern "christianity" and we are all many years down that road, and we are still discovering hidden fountains of poison that were inculcated into our thinking because of really bad ideas done by really nice people who really think they are really helping other people. Anyway, please check out the audio sermons here:
Lazarusunbound.com
Particularly focus on the "Underground Church" series. Also, come and visit over at www.biblicalagrarianism.com where we have a forum and such for these types of questions. We'd love to help.
Michael
Man! What a contrast... You don't look like a guy that would call someone "scooter". I'm trying to figure out what kind of sidearm you have on your hip.
The garden pics look great. Hope all is well.
Happy anniversary.
Bobby Mosteller
Oh young Bobby. Look closer... my pistol (a Ruger P89) is over my heart on the vest. On my hip is a hunting knife!
Click on pics to enlarge!
Michael
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