Among Momma’s favorite hymns was "I Need Thee Every Hour" which was ever on her lips as she struggled to raise us five children after Daddy died. Times were hard sometimes, and the uncertainty must have been hard to bear. But she would also sing "Heavenly Sunshine" and "Showers of Blessings." She could pray with full trust "…give us this day our daily bread…" knowing He would.It is often said "April showers bring May flowers." Here in our beloved Bodock Land in the middle south, we run a month ahead of that, with jonquils, yellowbells, quince, spirea, and henbit having bloomed in late February.
Many of us are already picking and eating kole crops from our spring garden, have the taters and cabbages and onions growing with promise, and will plant our Summer gardens just after April 15, when the threat of frost is past and the ground will be reliably warm. Of course we want to plant root crops during a waning moon and above ground crops in a waxing moon.
The heavy showers of early spring put what Ralph Graham, my daddy-in-law, called season in the ground. The slow rains soak deep into the soil to be wicked up when needed during the dry spells of summer. Most of us can remember hardly ever watering a garden in the old days, but recent weather patterns make watering necessary, such as the nine straight weeks of no measurable rain last summer....Continue Reading
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