{"id":11249,"date":"2021-05-03T01:45:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T06:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11249"},"modified":"2021-05-03T04:33:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T09:33:44","slug":"notes-from-the-garden-early-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=11249","title":{"rendered":"notes from the garden: early may"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/51154742191\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Salad in a Bag\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51154742191_eaac00bc0e_w.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Salad in a Bag\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I was sitting on an overturned milk carton at the garden this afternoon, trying to unbraid my purple sage and my violets so I could thin the latter, when the ground  under my potato patch started pulsing.<\/p>\n<p>Fascinated, I stared as whatever was approaching from the forest came closer, both curious and slightly horrified by what might emerge.<\/p>\n<p>And then common sense kicked in and I realized I was far more likely to witness my tallest potato plant be sucked underground in a Loony Toons moment than I was to make an adorable new friend. I grabbed my trowel and tapped on the earth, causing my new neighbor to decide to exit via another door. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always had neighbors in my garden plot. They sometimes place doorways up in the middle of the plot, which I then tuck a rock into the next time I see it. It&#8217;s likely a field mouse or maybe a vole, but I suppose it could also be a rabbit or a rat. (The latter is the least likely; they&#8217;re far more likely to be found in the compost than in my plot, but I can&#8217;t rule it out.)<\/p>\n<p>On the vegetative front, you can see it was another successful harvest week. There&#8217;s two types of sorrel, a red leaf lettuce, arugula, and spinach in my spring greens bag.<\/p>\n<p>I have a couple rows of seedlings I need to thin, including one that maybe is bok choy. It&#8217;s unclear, and I&#8217;ll need to look through the seeds Rudi and I planted to see. My Swiss chard is growing delightfully neon, and I look forward to harvesting my first stalks later this week.<\/p>\n<p>More peas have emerged, so I created some more string latticework for them. The tallest vine is past my knee and growing fast.<\/p>\n<p>The potatoes, onions, garlic, and celery seem to be doing okay. I&#8217;ll need to add more compost to the potatoes next weekend (unless my new neighbor eats them all between now and then), and apparently I need to keep an eye on my celery plants for pests.<\/p>\n<p>There are actual berries on the strawberry plants, so I&#8217;ll shift the straw around later this week to cut down on the likelihood of slugs. Rudi says he&#8217;s also prepared to proffer free drinks to anyone undeterred by that method.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, I planted a basil, a sungold tomato seedling, and a cayenne pepper today. 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