Bedding Plants

I have friends who have a nursery, and they do sell some heirloom bedding plants, so I do my best to do some networking with them.  They have been gracious to me through the years, even hosting one of my book signings.  I visited their business early in April and was surprised to find a smaller inventory of vegetables and herbs.  Remembering we had a late freeze last year, I thought perhaps they had decided not to bring so many plants out of the greenhouse.  I figured they were just displaying their variety of inventory in smaller quantity and replace as they sold.  I went back this week, and to my surprise, the bedding plants weren't overflowing into the parking lot, as they usually are at this time of year.  There were tons of landscaping plants and trees, but the vegetables, herbs, and fruit plants and trees were not as abundant.

This observation led me to check out other places, just to see . . . I discovered the same thing at three different stores.  I'm not trying to fear monger here, but this seems quite serious.  Realizing any retail store shouldn't carry more perishable products than will reasonably sell, the evidence indicates even in all the anti-Monsanto and cut back on food stamps, the gardening craze is not increasing exponentially as one might have thought . . .  I'm hopeful the difference is more gardeners starting their own bedding plants from seeds, but I don't know.  The fact remains, there are very few nurseries and commercial greenhouses still in retail business.  I still have a great deal left to learn before I can be fully sustained from harvesting seeds to harvesting pure natural and organic produce.  Most of the garden is from seeds sown in the greenhouse, but some of the seeds have been purchased.  I'm still struggling with a method to harvest beet seeds . . .

We really need to keep in mind, when Scripture says there will be no buying or selling without the mark of the beast, food is going to be included in that!  Pharmaceuticals will also be included in that!  Organic gardening with heirloom seeds will carry a double portion blessing.  The food will be pure, therefore our health will improve, not only from the quality of food, but the exercise of gardening!  Until just last century, all societies were dependent upon independent agriculture.

And YHWH G-d took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.  Torah of Holy Scripture