Sink full of spinach. 
Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.
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There is nothing like fresh picked garden vegetables in the spring.
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A lady that my husband works with recently gave us a small bag full of spinach from her garden because she had some left over that she couldn’t eat. We devoured the whole bag that day, and greatly enjoyed every last bite. The next day, Patrick let her know that we were available at any time to eat her “excess” garden spinach. She was happy to have found someone to appreciate it, and told Patrick that she would bring more the following day.
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When the next day rolled around, Patrick was surprised to find a large “trash bag” PACKED with the delicious vitamin rich leaves. To put it lightly, we were excited. We ate spinach in everything for awhile.
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Spinach tossed into black beans!
Both Patrick and myself are fascinated by growing food. I don’t know what it is about it, but there is so much magic and beauty in the process. It’s like we get to physically watch God’s creation in action. It almost takes my breath away.
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I cannot wait to plant our seedlings in our new backyard. (If we ever close on the stinkin’ thing!) We started growing fruit and vegetables in little pots, and we’re having great success! We have all sorts of things growing, including many unwanted varieties of mushrooms that sprouted from the organic soil we planted our seeds in. I think the soil is just too moist. It’s been somewhat overcast, and we’ve been watering all the plants still, which is probably a bad idea. Anyway, I’m going to handpick those little boogers out, and hopefully they’ll stay away.
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Spinach and brown rice.
I’ll do a fun post soon about our gardening ventures, and I’ll include plenty of photos of our seedlings. (Some of which are almost 3 inches tall, and are wondering where they are supposed to go!) Please pray that we’ll get into our house soon!
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P.S. – Apparently, spinach grows very quickly, so grow a couple plants if you can next season, and start tearing into those green smoothies. We drank many over those couple of days, and felt wonderful. Talk about a money saver!
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