‘fiddlin’ for worms

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Saturday was a most amazing day for us.   In the morning , Terry and I went to the Collinsville Trade Day and were able to purchase a weeping cherry tree, a magnolia tree, a hibiscus, a big fern, a camelia, a star magnolia and an interesting planter all for our garden and for a very reasonable price.

When we got home, we changed clothes and went to our friend Emily’s father’s farm with Katie, Owen, Jonathan, and Corban to get horse maure for our gardens.  We were able to shovel it into big plastic containers on the back of the trailer we took with us.  Emilily’s sister gave us 19 raspberry cuttings,  and about 5 blackberry runners.

Then we went up the hill with Emily’s father to get some worms.  To go fiddlin’ for worms you need a bucket and a hand saw.  He chose a small tree about 2 inches in diameter and cut it down to about 2 feet tall.  Then he took the saw and started sawing into the tiny trunk. The vibrations bring the worms to the surface.  Well, at least that is what they say.  We didn’t get many worms, but usually the  worms are plentiful and you can pick them right off the ground.

We came home, had lunch and then went outside to shovel manure and dirt into the little trailer on the back of the lawn mower to move it to our new boxes we had made for the peas and broccoli.  We had wondered where we were going to get dirt for our garden boxes, but then we dug the trenches for the drainage pipes and we had a lot of dirt (mostly clay) sitting in piles around the yard.  Katie, Gavin, and I worked at this.  Soon our 10 year old neighbor Kimmy came over and she helped shovel.  She is quite the worker.  Then Owen came out with Warren, Kimmy’s brother, and they started hauling dirt with the wheelbarrow.  Soon we had our garden boxes filled.  The kids went down to work on digging out a hole for the pond.  Terry says to let them go for it!

Then we planted the berry bushes.  During this time, our neighbor, Phillippe came over with a brown turkey fig tree for us.  And add to that the 9 blueberry bushes, two sour cherry trees, quince cuttings , hibiscus seeds and cuttings of some unnamed grounded cover we had  gotten from our old neighbor up on the mountain in Mentone on Friday.   Wow!  We are overflowing with abundance! Katie says she feels like things are accelerating.  God is so good!  It was a day of great blessing for us.  Praise the Lord!

Joyce

Moving Forward in the Business Mountain

There are seven spiritual mountains that affect American culture; family, religion, arts & entertainment, media, education, business, and government. One of the first areas we as a ministry stepped into was the business mountain. I specifically seem to have been called to this mountain. Each Monday, I go to various businesses in Fort Payne and talk to and pray with the owners of those businesses. Several of the owners have commented on my presence in a very positive and affirming way. The first Monday of each month at 8:30 a.m., we hold a prayer meeting to talk and to pray for the businesses of Fort Payne.

I believe that a very significant event has occurred within the past several weeks. Several of the owners met with the intent of forming a Fort Payne Merchants Association. They met again today and were positive in their comments and ideas. They are actively looking for ways to draw people to town to shop. They are considering staying open later one Friday a month (normally the town rolls up the sidewalks at 5 pm, even on Friday’s!), how to take advantage of other events that draw people to the area, and how to dress up the city. The first meeting had 12 people in attendance representing 7 different businesses. Today there were 14  present with 6 of them being new. There were also two radio stations, a local newspaper, and the director of DeKalb County Tourism present!

As word spreads about this new organization, the comment has been heard several times, “That has been tried before and it failed.” I am contending that “with God, all things are possible!”

Terry