Comments on: Making mistakes http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/ Family life commentary by Amy Scott. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:49:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: MInTheGap http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34705 MInTheGap Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:55:39 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34705 This was amazing-- way to take a real world situation and bring it home to our hearts! May we all continue to become more like Christ! This was amazing– way to take a real world situation and bring it home to our hearts!

May we all continue to become more like Christ!

]]> By: Amy Scott http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34700 Amy Scott Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:35:55 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34700 (The squash discussion was not here. I'm just mentioning that in case you think you're going loo-loo.) (The squash discussion was not here. I’m just mentioning that in case you think you’re going loo-loo.)

]]> By: Amy Scott http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34699 Amy Scott Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:33:00 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34699 Shelby, A hearty welcome to you. Congratulations on your upcoming arrival. <blockquote>Greg, there is a farmers market near you. Save your back and go buy some fresh produce!</blockquote> Actually, there isn’t! Can you believe it? (It's because there are no local farmers...hence, no local farmer's <em>market</em>.) <blockquote>About the squash...I don't spray or use anything that's not organic.</blockquote> If you do a google search, you can see pictures of the different male and female flowers that I mentioned. In the absence of honeybees, you will have to hand-pollinate, as the pollen is too sticky to be transferred by the wind. Still, I suspect that both genders haven’t set yet. Listen to me, acting like I know anything. :eek_wp: Ruth, I’m going to move your comment to the top and answer when I get a chance. Good thoughts. Shelby, A hearty welcome to you. Congratulations on your upcoming arrival.

Greg, there is a farmers market near you. Save your back and go buy some fresh produce!

Actually, there isn’t! Can you believe it? (It’s because there are no local farmers…hence, no local farmer’s market.)

About the squash…I don’t spray or use anything that’s not organic.

If you do a google search, you can see pictures of the different male and female flowers that I mentioned. In the absence of honeybees, you will have to hand-pollinate, as the pollen is too sticky to be transferred by the wind. Still, I suspect that both genders haven’t set yet.
Listen to me, acting like I know anything. :eek_wp:

Ruth, I’m going to move your comment to the top and answer when I get a chance. Good thoughts.

]]> By: Amy http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34698 Amy Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:32:20 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34698 Don't throw in that towel....or should I say trowel, heh heh. I have the same garden dreams and love reading about what you're trying in your yard. My husband and I have an ongoing joke that every marriage has a dreamer and a dream-killer...for balance. Using "optimist" and "realist" sounds quite a bit kinder :) Don’t throw in that towel….or should I say trowel, heh heh. I have the same garden dreams and love reading about what you’re trying in your yard.

My husband and I have an ongoing joke that every marriage has a dreamer and a dream-killer…for balance. Using “optimist” and “realist” sounds quite a bit kinder :)

]]> By: ruth http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34696 ruth Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:07:41 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34696 In all of the try and try again, do you think there's some benefit in narrowing your focus to what works? For instance, over the years, my dad has planted almost everything, but in the later years, he has narrowed his focus to tomatoes and green beans with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in--not very many. After trying to cultivate a number of different kinds of fruit trees, he has narrowed to simply apple trees. He grows what works best, and what he likes best (for instance, he doens't care for zucchini and doesn't grow it, even though it's easy). I wonder if our lives aren't like that, too. We try lots of things, but end up focusing on areas where we can be of best benefit. It does demand cooperation with others--for the garden, we trust that others will grow what we don't grow, and we'll work various trades to get all that we need. In life, also, we all do different things and complement one another--the One Body, Many Parts lesson. I believe that God created us to live cooperatively and trust Him to meet our needs through the body as we contribute with our special gifts to meet the needs of others. I don't think too much individual independence is always a godly thing, and it can really run the danger of tempting us to pride if we are successful. Even though perseverence is a virtue. In all of the try and try again, do you think there’s some benefit in narrowing your focus to what works? For instance, over the years, my dad has planted almost everything, but in the later years, he has narrowed his focus to tomatoes and green beans with a few peppers and cucumbers thrown in–not very many. After trying to cultivate a number of different kinds of fruit trees, he has narrowed to simply apple trees. He grows what works best, and what he likes best (for instance, he doens’t care for zucchini and doesn’t grow it, even though it’s easy).

I wonder if our lives aren’t like that, too. We try lots of things, but end up focusing on areas where we can be of best benefit. It does demand cooperation with others–for the garden, we trust that others will grow what we don’t grow, and we’ll work various trades to get all that we need. In life, also, we all do different things and complement one another–the One Body, Many Parts lesson. I believe that God created us to live cooperatively and trust Him to meet our needs through the body as we contribute with our special gifts to meet the needs of others. I don’t think too much individual independence is always a godly thing, and it can really run the danger of tempting us to pride if we are successful. Even though perseverence is a virtue.

]]> By: Lora K. http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34695 Lora K. Wed, 28 Jun 2006 17:04:25 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34695 Amy, Great post! Thanks for your advice on Rick's blog. I clicked on your name to see your site and was surprised to see it was you. I had already been visiting for a couple of weeks. Learning from our mistakes, honestly, has a greater impact on us than if we were just told what to do/not do. That's true in our garden and our lives as well. The big thing I learned in the garden last year was...water is very important. Down here in South East Texas, these 95+ days dry out the soil very quickly, it is truly amazing how one day we can have 2 1/2 inches of rain, but 2 days later, everything is hard and dry. About the squash...I don't spray or use anything that's not organic. Amy,
Great post! Thanks for your advice on Rick’s blog. I clicked on your name to see your site and was surprised to see it was you. I had already been visiting for a couple of weeks.

Learning from our mistakes, honestly, has a greater impact on us than if we were just told what to do/not do. That’s true in our garden and our lives as well. The big thing I learned in the garden last year was…water is very important. Down here in South East Texas, these 95+ days dry out the soil very quickly, it is truly amazing how one day we can have 2 1/2 inches of rain, but 2 days later, everything is hard and dry.

About the squash…I don’t spray or use anything that’s not organic.

]]> By: At A Hen's Pace http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34692 At A Hen's Pace Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:46:46 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34692 Amy, My dh just emailed me this morning with poetic thoughts of a similar nature (i.e. it's raining...is it too late to plant some more seeds [in our kids, and ourselves]?) So this really resonated with me! Jeanne Amy,
My dh just emailed me this morning with poetic thoughts of a similar nature (i.e. it’s raining…is it too late to plant some more seeds [in our kids, and ourselves]?)

So this really resonated with me!

Jeanne

]]> By: sprittibee http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34691 sprittibee Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:28:32 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34691 I don't think blogger posts trackbacks, and I'm not sure how to write them in manually with html just yet... so here's a link to my post that sends people to read your post! ;) Keep up the awesome work, Amy. <a href="http://sbees.blogspot.com/2006/06/summer-announcements-more_28.html" rel="nofollow">Summer Announcements at Sprittibee's Blog</a> I don’t think blogger posts trackbacks, and I’m not sure how to write them in manually with html just yet… so here’s a link to my post that sends people to read your post! ;) Keep up the awesome work, Amy.

Summer Announcements at Sprittibee’s Blog

]]> By: Shari http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34685 Shari Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:48:52 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34685 Amy, great post and timely for me, both in my gardening....or lack thereof and in the rest of my life. I can put those principles into practice just about anywhere. Amy, great post and timely for me, both in my gardening….or lack thereof and in the rest of my life. I can put those principles into practice just about anywhere.

]]> By: Tim http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34661 Tim Wed, 28 Jun 2006 03:55:37 +0000 http://humblemusings.com/archives/2006/06/27/making-mistakes/#comment-34661 Greg, there is a farmers market near you. Save your back and go buy some fresh produce! Greg, there is a farmers market near you. Save your back and go buy some fresh produce!

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