{"id":2134,"date":"2012-05-03T21:25:49","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T01:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2012-05-03T22:54:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T02:54:44","slug":"more-evidence-we-are-indeed-in-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2134","title":{"rendered":"More evidence we are indeed in the country"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s been years since we had a garden. Like about 9 years when the big kids weren’t so big. We had a small area beside our house and grew lots of tomatoes, attempted cucumbers (heh), and managed to get a couple of cantalopes. <\/p>\n

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We’ve super-sized that garden here. The actual tilled up land is 25′ x 110′. Gulp. We decided to try half of that for this first season. <\/p>\n

After measuring, we made a trip up to our local garden center and the nice guy there gave us a guide that tells us what we can plant this time of year, how far to space each plant, and how deep to plant. Just the right info we needed! We pulled out the graph paper, did calculations and drew out our garden. Last Saturday, we headed to the dirt…<\/p>\n

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We decided to be really geeky and actually put up stakes at each row of plants. Then, we strung twine across each so we’d know where to plant. <\/p>\n

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Beautiful, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

Time to get our hands dirty. <\/p>\n

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The master gardener<\/p>\n

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Peppers. We planted 5 different kinds. We had a system…Payton dug the holes, and Randy (and Dylan) put the plants in. We were short-handed that day. Marley was with a friend, Ethan was sick, and Abbey was inside getting ready for the prom (see last post!). <\/p>\n

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Tomatoes. Again, 5 different kinds. We also planted beans and corn by seed (THOSE took forever…), cantaloupe, and watermelon. <\/p>\n

Now that it’s all planted, we’re considering whether to put up a fence. We’ve gotten varied advice…you MUST have a fence or you’ll lose all your veggies…take your chances and see what happens. ?? We’ve never seen deer here, but we feel they must be around (woods all around us). We have seen bunnies several times…and we know they love gardens. We’d hate to see all of our work – and food – eaten up by woodland creatures. Randy has crunched the numbers and drawn out the design for the fence he’d prefer to build. We’ll see. <\/p>\n

Have I mentioned yet how much we love it out here? Rural life is suiting me just fine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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