Tag Archives: garden

Jesus kale and its eight million seeds

Posted on August 3, 2016 by bloomingreverend

Last year I grew two garden boxes of kale: one was Curly Blue Scotch and the other was Red Russian. Everyone I knew, including my friends at the local fresh food bank, received big bouquets of it (whether they wanted it … Continue reading →

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Is it good luck to plant seeds while wearing your bathrobe?

Posted on March 18, 2016 by bloomingreverend

I have heard that you can ensure greater garden success by planting during certain phases of the moon (who knows? I can’t say I’ve tried it). This morning, however, when I was out in the early morning sunshine, I wondered what … Continue reading →

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Homewood Health:

Posted on July 13, 2015 by bloomingreverend

Recently, I offered a pastoral visit at the Homewood Health Centre in Guelph. Although I was disappointed that someone in my community needed their services, I was delighted to have an opportunity to admire the healing space they have created on … Continue reading →

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Oh no! I killed the children’s plants.

Posted on May 8, 2015 by bloomingreverend

It hurts to  admit it but it’s true. Even after everything had started out so well… I was super excited a few weeks ago when one of our Sunday School teachers announced that she was going to help her class … Continue reading →

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Trouble sleeping? The answer is in the garden.

Posted on January 19, 2015 by bloomingreverend

My husband jokes that I haven’t had a good night sleep since my oldest child was born over eighteen years ago, but the truth is I’ve always been a light sleeper. Now, however, with a busy church, schoolwork and a … Continue reading →

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Isn’t “winter garden” an oxymoron?

Posted on December 22, 2014 by bloomingreverend

This year for the first time ever I managed to stretch my growing season into October and I had bok choi and lettuce to harvest along with a few onions and some very persistent kale. Now, of course, I am not in the … Continue reading →

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California is for preachers. And gardeners.

Posted on October 16, 2014 by bloomingreverend

For the last couple of years I have been a participant in a Toronto Micah Group, which is a program of Fuller Theological Seminary in California that aims to form “empowered, wise preachers who seek justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God, … Continue reading →

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My global garden feast featuring Taiwan and Nicaragua

Posted on September 22, 2014 by bloomingreverend

It was an odd summer at my house, with my husband working in another city and kids away for weeks at a time. It may have been a little lonely, but it also meant that I had the perfect opportunity … Continue reading →

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I am on my way to becoming a medieval monk

Posted on September 8, 2014 by bloomingreverend

Remember that mud-pit of a backyard from last summer? The transformation is finally finished! (Well, it’s mostly finished anyway. Gardens are too full of life and growth and change to ever be really “finished”.) At long last my little corner … Continue reading →

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Holy Island: The Gospel Garden

Posted on May 7, 2014 by bloomingreverend

My first morning on the island dawned sunny and cool. I needed breakfast, and found the post office. At home that wouldn’t help, but here it was perfect. The post office is not just a place to mail letters; it … Continue reading →

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