Our time with the kids is drawing near to a close. We have enjoyed ourselves this summer. This, fortunately, will not be the last time that we meet up with them. We will see them again next semester while we do our senior internships.
Today at the farm, we actually fixed the raised garden beds that were broken. We made use of unused garden beds. (We or Ms. MacArthur?) If anyone does not remember what a raised garden bed is, it is 4 boards nailed together to make a square with nothing in the middle. Inside of it goes soil and whatever plant one wishes to grow. Three of the raised beds were broken. One of them was missing an entire side, so we just threw the whole thing away. Ms. McArthur rescued the other two broken garden beds and we used them today. We poured bags of soil into the gardening beds and smoothed out the natural clumps. We poured 3 bags of soil into each bed. I wonder if that is too much… Once again, I worked with my little partner- the same partner that I worked with when we started working with the gardening beds. At one point, her little brother was involved, but in a few minutes, he just watched.
So my little partner and I made rows to plant the seeds in, as we were directed by my instructor. We planted squash seeds, while others planted okra, and yet more others planted greens. We closed up the rows, watered the beds, and moved on. We had an opportunity to see the growth of the sunflowers seeds that planted during DAY 2.
To see the beginning stages of something, and then how it develops and progresses has always been fascinating to me. At first the sunflower seeds were tiny seeds. People would even eat them without realizing their potential beauty. When the tiny seeds were placed in the right environment- in 4 rows in the gardening beds and had frequent watering, the sunflowers are in a right atmosphere to change and to grow. This is also true for the children as well. Each child is born as a seed. As he grows, he becomes a seedling. As he grows even more, he becomes an even bigger seedling. When he is exposed to the correct environment- one that is conducive to growth, he can’t help but sprout up.
I pray this happens to all of those in our program. I hope that they are seen as seeds that need water and a conducive environment in which to work. If they keep getting fed water- which is healthy, refreshing, and brings about their growth, only good can come from it.
This next time that we come to the farm, I expect to have a good time. We will thoroughly enjoy ourselves.
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