God's Growing Garden: Beauty in the Little Things

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Beauty in the Little Things

Beauty in the Little Things

I'm sure you have heard this saying in the past:

"Grow where God plants you"

Well, that phrase has been helpful in my life. A trip to Europe or a hike in the Appalachian mountains are beautiful indeed, but I can find just as much beauty in the detailed little things of my garden.

Three beautiful little things popped out at me this summer:

1. Allowing a few onions from last year to go to seed this year

2. The flower of a weed called "Daisy Fleabane"

3. A bent Echinacea petal

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1. Onion Flowerheads

We had a few onions that were not harvested last year and instead of digging them up, we decided to try to save some onion seeds.

I was pleasantly surprised to see the beauty of each onion flower (see pictures below).

(I included a special onion recipe below the pictures)

Click HERE to read "Caramelized Onion Chicken Meatballs"

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2. Daisy Fleabane Weed

I'm so glad that I allowed this weed to flower. Checkout the tiny detail in these cute little flowers - each petal is like a pen line (see pictures below).

Not all weeds are pests

(See link to post below the pictures about a healthy weed)

Click HERE to read "Purslane - A Good Weed???"

3. A Bent Echinacea Petal

It may look like this Echinacea petal was just blowing in the wind but it wasn't. I've never seen a petal grow creased without there being something that was forcing it to grow that way. I just thought this was uniquely weird but still beautiful (see pictures below).

(Below the pictures is a post on Echinacea that I wrote last year)