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February-April 2023

Join the community of ripen – a gardening lifestyle magazine as we focus on the theme of Plant DESIRE here in the February-April 2023 issue.

The gardening lifestyle naturally leads to wanting to steward the land, produce fresh food and work together with others. Through the content in this issue you can learn about and explore what WANT is from God’s perspective. Don’t just learn and explore, instead plant desire so that what you want is what God wants.

Join in the conversations of this issue of ripen – a gardening lifestyle magazine and be an active part of our community. Lend your pictures and thoughts to the theme Plant DESIRE with your social media hashtags #iwantgod

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In this issue

Kimberly Bloom

Cultivating Community

Kimberly Bloom

New Garden Farm in Greensboro, North Carolina is a church garden ministry. See how you can do it too....

The Growing Zone

Brad Bloom

Cultivating Community – AUDIO

Brad Bloom

Steven Hebbard, Farm Director at New Garden Farm gives a tour of their church garden ministry. [AUDIO]...

The Growing Zone

Ripen Together

Kimberly Bloom

Influence, Serve, and Exhort

Kimberly Bloom

Allow your desire to garden to be a powerful motivation to serve others....

Ripen Together

The Growing Zone

Kimberly Bloom

Good Soil

Kimberly Bloom

The path to good soil comes from taking thoughtful consideration for it. Here are 7 simple steps to good soil....

The Growing Zone

Digging-In

Kimberly Bloom

A Desired Outcome

Kimberly Bloom

There are steps to be taken to set your desired outcome up for success. Kimberly Bloom has 4 tips for you....

Digging-In

Publisher's Letter

Brad Bloom

From Weed Seed To Freed

Brad Bloom

I want my veggies to grow as well as crabgrass. When God gets rid of the weed seed they can do even better....

Publisher's Letter

Jody Lynn Malone

Garden Junkin’

Jody Lynn Malone

Shopping for secondhand items for your garden...