😄 Still waiting on my tomato… but look what else grew!

A few weeks ago, I shared that I was planning to plant a vegetable garden on our patio for the first time ever.

If you know me, you know I didn’t grow up with a vegetable garden—and I’ve never grown a single vegetable in my life.

So, it only made sense to keep my goal simple: just one tomato. Just one!

Well... I haven’t gotten my tomato yet. But I’ve had fun watching everything else grow from seed.

Here are a few before-and-after photos so far.

Before

Dazzling Blue Kale

Peppers

Tomatos

It has been a joy seeing most of these start from seed. (Though I did stick the heads of some leeks and bok choy into the soil one day after using some from the store to make dinner and planted from there 😄.)

My husband and I don’t have a yard…yet. But we DO have a patio. These last few years, the Lord has been teaching me the power of taking whatever we have and multiplying it. My revelation stems from this verse in Proverbs.

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean, but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. Proverbs 14:4

It often requires resources to produce a harvest. Therefore whatever resources I do have, coupled with some intention and labor, will produce something.

Instead of waiting for “one day,” I’m thankful the Lord is having me to enjoy TODAY.

May you see the resources you do have in your possession, have fun being creative, and put it to work! And may you enjoy the fruit of your harvest (in whatever capacity).

Trust me, I’ll let you know when I get my first tomato!

Toodaloo,

Pondered Thought

(P.S. Would love to know any plants you’ve planted and which ones are thriving right now!)