MY FRIEND SKIP AND THE "SYL FEELEY ABUNDANT LIFE GARDEN"

I have given the name of "Syl Feeley Abundant Life Garden"  to this 30 ft by 20 ft plot that I will have seeded with spinach and lettuce tonight. Fr. Sylvester Feeley C.SS.R. was a wonderful Redemptorist confrere who greeted me as Superior of the Caribbean Missions in Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and the US Virgin Islands when I arrived there in January of 1967.  Syl was called Padre Roberto  by people in PR and the Caribbean.  He was a great man.  Now, besides "honoring" him with my garden's name....I expect some of his "help from up, out or over there in Eternity.....Pray for the garden, Syl.
Here are Skip Doyle, our Redemptorist friend and the fencing we have just completed.

DAD OUTSIDE GUARDING MOM INSIDE HOPING FOR OFFSPRING

One of the most hopeful signs of spring these days are our Bald Eagles who have finally overcome the threats to their existence and have returned.....But I would never disturb them.

MY FRIEND BEN AT MAPLE RIDGE

In all my posts about beginning to learn something about organic vegetable gardening  I forgot to acknowledge the help that Ben, one of my friends from the Maple Ridge Bruderhof community gave me.  Ben and Tim sent over one of their tractors and a good strong tiller and opened up the 30 by 20 foot plot that I now and preparing to grow vegetables.  The Bruderhof Community which came to the United States back when it was clear that Adolf Hitler believed very much in war which the Bruderhof do not.  And so their community went first to England, then to Paraguay and then finally back to England and to the United States.  They live a very hard working, God loving and service filled life.  Two of them, Eam and Janet work in creating a spirit of forgiveness, most especially in very turbulent schools in the Bronx, NY.  The picture here is of one of their community meals where all the families eat together.  (On Saturdays they also invite me and others from the area to join them in a joyous, song filled and prayerful meal.
THANKS BEN!!!