{"id":3269,"date":"2011-05-12T01:10:51","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T06:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3269"},"modified":"2011-05-12T01:16:37","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T06:16:37","slug":"mid-may-garden-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=3269","title":{"rendered":"mid-may garden update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s growing in this mid-Atlantic community garden plot in mid-May?<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5711933523\/\" title=\"Perennial Herbs by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2561\/5711933523_38b397c367.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Perennial Herbs\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our herbs are doing well. Rosemary and sage and lemon thyme survived the winter, to which this week we added regular thyme we picked up on our way out of the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5711936227\/\" title=\"Sage by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3633\/5711936227_88a9f6f563.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Sage\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I must remember to cut the sage back after the flowers pass.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5711918423\/\" title=\"Peas and Strawberries by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2079\/5711918423_03c4e1ca47.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Peas and Strawberries\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Several vines of peas survived my lackadaisical treatment. I hope they are happier now they have somewhere to climb.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5712485384\/\" title=\"Lettuce by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2570\/5712485384_361002f012.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Lettuce\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5711926255\/\" title=\"Spring Greens by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3068\/5711926255_b25db67638.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Spring Greens\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Spring greens are flourishing. Rudi chopped all the flowers off the arugula after they got leggy. (He tasted them first to see if they were salvageable.) And we&#8217;re picking the larger lettuce leaves in the hopes of making our two bigger heads last a bit while the next crop takes hold.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5712488552\/\" title=\"Rainbow Chard by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2439\/5712488552_f9301f54bf.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Rainbow Chard\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We spotted a row of tiny colorful chard sprouts growing from seeds we planted last month, but we supplemented with seedlings from the market this week.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5711929319\/\" title=\"Pepper's Been Watered by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3002\/5711929319_9466024fd2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Pepper's Been Watered\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We planted peppers and tomatoes a couple weeks back and they seem to be doing fine.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5711922209\/\" title=\"Berries, Unripened by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2647\/5711922209_6c129bde28.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Berries, Unripened\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5712491952\/\" title=\"Strawberries by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3495\/5712491952_f928ec3ae6.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Strawberries\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And in a couple of weeks, our garden should offer us sweet incentive to stop by often.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5712481532\/\" title=\"Berries To Be by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2363\/5712481532_6d00ac8a55.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Berries To Be\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Not too shabby for mid-May, I&#8217;d say&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/5712478234\/\" title=\"Garden in Mid-May by kkfea, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3386\/5712478234_14ce9d532e.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Garden in Mid-May\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s growing in this mid-Atlantic community garden plot in mid-May? 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