{"id":2846,"date":"2014-06-08T13:33:36","date_gmt":"2014-06-08T17:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.handsful.com\/?p=2846"},"modified":"2014-06-08T13:39:25","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T17:39:25","slug":"the-garden-version-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2846","title":{"rendered":"The Garden, version 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>\n

26′ x 110′ of good dirt, freshly tilled with fences and stakes set up.<\/p>\n

We’re really late this year getting it all planted. \u00c2\u00a0There’s just not been time!<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

But, we finally found the time to visit our little downtown garden center. \u00c2\u00a0It’s been there for years. \u00c2\u00a0They have an old sunflower hanging on the wall that’s over 100 years old. \u00c2\u00a0I love old stuff.<\/p>\n

And, I love having a truck full of baby plants and seeds, ready to find their home in our garden.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

The next day was planting day. \u00c2\u00a0And, we actually managed to have all 8 of us in on the planting. \u00c2\u00a0Do you KNOW what a feat that was?? \u00c2\u00a0It’s rare we’re all together anymore…someone is always somewhere with friends, at work (3 of them have part-time jobs), at choir or worship practice, etc.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This is the expression you get if a camera is aimed at Payton. \u00c2\u00a0And, yes, Ethan has black jeans on. \u00c2\u00a0It was hot. \u00c2\u00a0He doesn’t care.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

So, what did we plant?<\/p>\n

Corn. \u00c2\u00a0Lots of corn. \u00c2\u00a014 rows with about 15 per row.<\/p>\n

Better boy tomatoes, roma tomatoes, grape tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumbers (growing vertically this year), basil (for us and Marley’s bunny), jalapenos, habaneros (Randy is counting on lots of my homemade salsa this year), banana peppers, two types of bell peppers, green beans, and cantaloupes (also growing vertically…we have a plan on how to support those heavy fruits, we’ll see how it goes).<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

I’m aware I say this every year. \u00c2\u00a0But, THIS year I’m going to stay on top of the weeds. \u00c2\u00a0My plan is to work in the garden at least every other day and whack the green stuff that shouldn’t be there. \u00c2\u00a0So far, I’m on track with this and it’s looking good. \u00c2\u00a0Randy will also use our little tiller to keep the pathways clear.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

As I finish this post, there’s a wonderful steady rain coming down. \u00c2\u00a0Drink it in, garden…we’re counting on lots of good stuff out of you in the near future :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

26′ x 110′ of good dirt, freshly tilled with fences and stakes set up. We’re really late this year getting it all planted. \u00c2\u00a0There’s just not been time! But, we finally found the time to visit our little downtown garden center. \u00c2\u00a0It’s been there for years. \u00c2\u00a0They have an old sunflower hanging on the wall […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}