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We tried to plant a garden last year, and it didn't work!
The Alabama Extension Service might have some guides on planting times and such for various plants. When people say garden, I assume vegetable garden, since that's what we called them, but extension services sometimes cover ornamentals as well.When we moved down here to Alabama, we had no idea what the new climate would be like. As it turned out we can't plant in the summer time because its so hot no plants will grow. This surprised us.
Its zones 9a and 9b where we are at.
So we planted in the winter instead and our plants have been growing just fine! Go figure.We have actually received a bumper crop this past winter and have eaten nearly everything we have grown. I guess we have learned that being in a climate that gets as hot and humid as ours does, we have to always plant in the winter to avoid the really harsh heats that will kill all of our plants.
I mean, this has never happened to us anywhere we have lived. Its like we have to garden in reverse just to get anything. Does gardening in the winter sound strange to you? Because it does to me.
Sometimes, though, the extension service material misses it, or overlooks other issues. They used to say every farm was an agricultural experimental station, and keeping notes helps.
In general, in the South, winter is another growing season, just the crops change.
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The Confession I Didn’t Make: An Embarrassing Case of Sacramental Mistaken Identity...
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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ONE SATURDAY, many years ago, a friend of mine was visiting from out of town.
Looking for some prayerful encouragement—and probably a kick in the rear to get himself to confession—he confided painfully to me that he had fallen into a pattern of serious sexual sin, about which he was understandably distressed and embarrassed. (Let’s just say that the particular sins burdening him went beyond the solitary sort which many are prone to.)
During a frank conversation in which my friend was searingly honest with himself, I offered some heartfelt advice and encouragement that he go asap to the sacrament of confession (a.k.a. reconciliation). Agreeing to go, we wasted no time. Clambering into my car, we drove straight to a nearby parish so he could go to confession.
His discomfiture at having to confess these deeply embarrassing sins to another human being was palpable. He was miserable, but he knew he’d be even more miserable if he put off any longer the sacramental moment of reckoning.
Promising him my prayers for courage and trust in the Lord’s mercy, I knelt in a pew at the back of the church while my friend approached the confessional.
The red light above the confessional door indicated that a priest was waiting for penitents. Aside from my friend and me, the large church was completely empty.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Continued below.
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Looking for some prayerful encouragement—and probably a kick in the rear to get himself to confession—he confided painfully to me that he had fallen into a pattern of serious sexual sin, about which he was understandably distressed and embarrassed. (Let’s just say that the particular sins burdening him went beyond the solitary sort which many are prone to.)
During a frank conversation in which my friend was searingly honest with himself, I offered some heartfelt advice and encouragement that he go asap to the sacrament of confession (a.k.a. reconciliation). Agreeing to go, we wasted no time. Clambering into my car, we drove straight to a nearby parish so he could go to confession.
His discomfiture at having to confess these deeply embarrassing sins to another human being was palpable. He was miserable, but he knew he’d be even more miserable if he put off any longer the sacramental moment of reckoning.
Promising him my prayers for courage and trust in the Lord’s mercy, I knelt in a pew at the back of the church while my friend approached the confessional.
The red light above the confessional door indicated that a priest was waiting for penitents. Aside from my friend and me, the large church was completely empty.
Fifteen minutes passed.
Continued below.
The Confession I Didn’t Make
An Embarrassing Case of Sacramental Mistaken Identity
patrickmadrid.substack.com
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Mr. President, Please Just Let This Man Have a Nap
- By Michie
- General Politics
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On Monday, New York Magazine published an article, "The Superhuman President," which feels like an attempt to get back at Republicans who pointed out Joe Biden was asleep and declining rapidly for four years, but it's actually fairly entertaining.
We've all heard members of the Donald Trump administration swear that the president never sleeps, and given how much he's gotten done in just a short year, that's pretty believable.
For the rest of the administration, however, that's not the case, particularly for Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Keep in mind that the president is 79, and Rubio is only 54 — young enough to be his son — but it seems like the hardest working man in the Trump administration just can't keep up with his boss. It's so bad that when they're both flying on Air Force One, Rubio says he hides from Trump, hoping he won't catch him taking naps during trips overseas.
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We've all heard members of the Donald Trump administration swear that the president never sleeps, and given how much he's gotten done in just a short year, that's pretty believable.
For the rest of the administration, however, that's not the case, particularly for Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Keep in mind that the president is 79, and Rubio is only 54 — young enough to be his son — but it seems like the hardest working man in the Trump administration just can't keep up with his boss. It's so bad that when they're both flying on Air Force One, Rubio says he hides from Trump, hoping he won't catch him taking naps during trips overseas.
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Mr. President, Please Just Let This Man Have a Nap
A humorous take on President Trump's energy and Secretary Rubio's struggle to keep up.
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Misconceptions about Evolutionary Creationism (or Theistic Evolution)
- By Berserk
- Theistic Evolution
- 195 Replies
The evolutionary smoking gun that allegedly refutes evangelical objections to macro-evolution:
www.bing.com
kenneth miller evolution and chromosones youtube - Search Videos
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