Soil

So I'm in the yard yesterday doing some spring cleaning. I dug up a spot out back by the compost bin to plant my garlic. Normally this goes in during the fall, but I got a little preoccupied remodeling the kitchen. Anywhoo, I dug up a few garlic shoots that were actually growing in my garden and put them with the seeds that I planted by the compost pile. Thus far in my gardening career, I take the compost that decomposed over the summer and put it in the garden in the fall so that I have room for the leaves. As I was digging out the garlic, I had to dig through some of the compost. I realized why so much is written about compost. It is really an amazing additive to your soil. I have grown lettuce in compost, I started my seeds this winter in compost, and when I go to plant something new, I am sure to mix in some compost. The plants thrive, and really is a great system. So compost!

Gorgeous

A man that has yet to have a child just can't understand what's its like to be a dad. Elizabeth was born almost 3 weeks ago and I just can't get over how I feel. When my brother told be that it was the most amazing thing ever, I tried to equate that to hitting a walk off home run in the playoffs or accelerating around a corner with the windows down, knowing you are in control of the machine with a shot of adrenaline to boot. But, Wow. God really shows you a glimpse of what he did to make the world we live in.