Growth

All sorts of stuff is growing in our allotment, and most of it good. The greenhouse now has tomatoes and cucumbers. Our cabbage, kale and broccoli are doing their level best to fight past the slug munching and grow up big and strong. We are still not completely sure which is which. I kind of lost the system when I transplanted them out into trays to give them more space.The beans have made an appearance, as has the garlic and the onions.

Today while we rejoiced in growth we did a fare amount of raka fracking at a weed, a strong virulent, and all over the place, weed. Little did we realise as we dug over the soil initially that we were in a battle with this enemy. Its root system is oh so long and now very hard to remove from in between our little plants battling bravely for life. As we moved to dig out a new area today I took so much more time to dig deeper and clear out every sign of anything that may just be a root. Who knows whether I will have been succesful. Time will tell, as will the success of the carrots we plan to sow there.

This week I listened to an account of a family whose lives had been devastated by an evil act of wrong doing. This one act had allowed something to become rooted and the roots grew strong destroying over and over again what could have been new positive life. As I listened I wondered how change could ever be brought about. What level of support and counselling would be required to bring goodness into a situation that so cried out for it?

As I have reflected on this situation this week I have been led to pray. I believe that the Eternal Gardner knows how to gently but persistently pull out and clear away all those roots that would seek to destroy. Then those plants that have been desperate to blossom can do so, into all sorts of wonderful creations. Please God.

If only I had some faith for a miraculous removing of that weed from our garden.