Poor Clare Summer Gardening
Today’s Gospel of the Sower reminds me that it has been
awhile since I have given any Garden Updates.
Our Poor Clare garden is in full summer swing, but I felt it more
opportune to share about the flourishing of our Novitiate Sisters. It has been a blessedly challenging time
keeping up with both!
So, to
report: we harvested a record number of
asparagus spears and now the plants are beautifully lush and green. I especially love to see them sparkling with
dew in the early morning sun. The beets
did really well as did the spinach and kale.
The level of productivity of the summer squash has not come up to last
year’s standards, while the green beans are producing vigorously. Transplanting was almost a total
disaster—better luck next year through better methodology!
Gardening was the basis for some of our Lord’s parables and
is also an endless source of inspiration and prayer for us. Here is a little poem from a little novitiate
gardener:
I never was much to look at-
Nor am I still-
A chipped reject, little worthy of mention,
Save for the attention of a morning in Spring
When tool shed door groaned in on musty darkness,
And an earthy hand plucked me, moldy, forth,
Filled last Autumn’s emptiness with soil,
Pushed in a poignant seed-
Now you see
A glorious blossom-
Why look at me?
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