Here is a post from My Backyard Farmyard that makes for interesting reading.
The Abandoned Cultivator: How Pesticides Changed Farming Among the Pennsylvania Dutch
Saturday, March 10, 2012
March Musings
It is already March! How did this happen?!The winter here has been very mild and at this point I hope it stays this way. If it would suddenly decide to get very cold and stay that way, the fruit trees could be in trouble. (Not that I know a whole lot about that, but that is what my friend said and she knows more than I do.) With all that is happening in the world, I would like to not have fruit issues this summer and fall. We have had a good deal of rain this winter. I wonder if we will have more pest problems this summer due to the mildness.
Life here is normal. Whatever that means, I guess. The kids are fine and my husband is filling his days with helping family members with building projects. This has been helpful for both of us. His expertise is being used and others are benefiting. I have my house to myself without constantly making meals. Someone once told me that when her husband retired she told him, "I married you for better or for worse, but not for lunch." My days are quiet and mostly relaxing. I'm able to do things at my own pace with breaks when I need them. There is much spring cleaning to tackle and I'm trying to do a few things at a time.
I am learning a bit about myself this winter. Old idols and lack of people in my life have shown weaknesses that I would rather not look upon. No doubt this means that I'm just not complete yet. I still have much to learn.
Spring will be here in no time and my fingers are anxious to get dirty! The sunshine is a welcomed sight today. It won't be long till I can get outside and feel the warmth of the sun.
Save me from great hindrances,
from being content with a little measure of the Spirit,
from thinking thou wilt not give me more.
Is it a duty or an error to pray
and look for the fullness of the Spirit in me?
Am I mistaken in feeling I am empty of the Spirit
because I do not sense his presence within,
when all the time I am most empty
and could be more full by faith in Christ?
Teach me to find and know fullness of the Spirit only in Jesus.
--excerpts from The Valley of Vision, God the Spirit
Life here is normal. Whatever that means, I guess. The kids are fine and my husband is filling his days with helping family members with building projects. This has been helpful for both of us. His expertise is being used and others are benefiting. I have my house to myself without constantly making meals. Someone once told me that when her husband retired she told him, "I married you for better or for worse, but not for lunch." My days are quiet and mostly relaxing. I'm able to do things at my own pace with breaks when I need them. There is much spring cleaning to tackle and I'm trying to do a few things at a time.
I am learning a bit about myself this winter. Old idols and lack of people in my life have shown weaknesses that I would rather not look upon. No doubt this means that I'm just not complete yet. I still have much to learn.
Spring will be here in no time and my fingers are anxious to get dirty! The sunshine is a welcomed sight today. It won't be long till I can get outside and feel the warmth of the sun.
Save me from great hindrances,
from being content with a little measure of the Spirit,
from thinking thou wilt not give me more.
Is it a duty or an error to pray
and look for the fullness of the Spirit in me?
Am I mistaken in feeling I am empty of the Spirit
because I do not sense his presence within,
when all the time I am most empty
and could be more full by faith in Christ?
Teach me to find and know fullness of the Spirit only in Jesus.
--excerpts from The Valley of Vision, God the Spirit
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