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

Brad Bloom
Cultivating Community – VIDEO
New Garden Farm is a garden ministry in North Carolina. Their regenerative gardening helps fellowship flourish.
Kimberly Bloom
Features
Cultivating Community
New Garden Farm in Greensboro, North Carolina is a church garden ministry. See how you can do it too.
Brad Bloom
The Growing Zone
Cultivating Community – AUDIO
Steven Hebbard, Farm Director at New Garden Farm gives a tour of their church garden ministry. [AUDIO]
Kimberly Bloom
Ripen Together
Influence, Serve, and Exhort
Allow your desire to garden to be a powerful motivation to serve others.
Kimberly Bloom
The Growing Zone
Good Soil
The path to good soil comes from taking thoughtful consideration for it. Here are 7 simple steps to good soil.
Kimberly Bloom
Digging-In
A Desired Outcome
There are steps to be taken to set your desired outcome up for success. Kimberly Bloom has 4 tips for you.
Brad Bloom
Publisher's Letter
From Weed Seed To Freed
I want my veggies to grow as well as crabgrass. When God gets rid of the weed seed they can do even better.
Jody Lynn Malone
Garden Junkin’
Shopping for secondhand items for your garden