How quickly things change

On tuesday I visited the garden with my friend, to show off the AmerCorps' hard work. It was my day to water the garden, but the sky was gray and the air was thick with humidity, it seemed like a storm was coming any second. However, the sky had been this color all day, and a drop of rain had not fallen yet. I turned to Donna and asked her if I should water the garden, or if it would drown if I water the vegetables and then it rained. She looked at our plot and noted that the ground was still moist from the day before, but took note of the seedlings we had planted the week before. These tiny sprouts were still buried under the ground, and a few were beginning to poke up from the dirt, but they were not big like the other vegetables in the plot. She suggested I water only those seedlings, so that if the sky did not release the rain the seedlings would still be watered. When I left the garden the weather seemed to improve, until it became evening and there was a tremendous thunderstorm.

When I returned to the garden I did not know what to expect. Would the vegetables be destroyed? Did our seedlings drown? When I inspected the garden I could not believe what I saw- the seedlings had flourished! The seedlings had become new bush beans! What had been nearly buried, was now a couple inches high, and had thick stems and leaves. And all of the other plants were still safe and sound.

It is awesome to see nature in action. Even though extreme weather can harm plants, I suppose they can adapt to some fluctuations in weather. I also can't believe how fast things can change in a tiny garden. It is incredible to know that one day I watered these seedlings and the next they became plants, i feel like my small bit of work helped the garden grow.

Here are photos of the bush beans that sprouted overnight, and of JM watering the new plants and seedlings.