{"id":4725,"date":"2013-04-15T02:08:53","date_gmt":"2013-04-15T07:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4725"},"modified":"2013-04-16T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2013-04-16T14:50:08","slug":"april-garden-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=4725","title":{"rendered":"april garden news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a couple weekends now to go down to the garden and some help from Rudi this evening, so things are starting to shape up.<\/p>\n<p>It started out as this:<\/p>\n<p><center><a title=\"After the Winter by kkfea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/8649367789\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"After the Winter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8545\/8649367789_0d611c0712.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/center>I cleared a bunch of weeds and we turned a lot of earth (Rudi is particularly good as sifting fibrous root systems out of the soil). I have four heads of lettuce that were sown last fall that are coming along nicely, and most of the herbs survived the winter. We planted a couple peppers, a dozen onions, and a half dozen bok choi and spinach seedlings; moved the thyme and a couple of chive plants; and sowed lettuce, chard, spinach, and sorrel seeds.<\/p>\n<p>I still have to tackle the potato bed and plant peas and do some management of the strawberry section, but now our plot looks like this:<\/p>\n<p><center><a title=\"Two Weekends of Work by kkfea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/8651650830\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two Weekends of Work\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8540\/8651650830_0fdd7e499a.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/center>Oh, and here&#8217;s the first harvest of the season:<\/p>\n<p><center><a title=\"Glass of Violets by kkfea, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/8650548007\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Glass of Violets\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8402\/8650548007_865901e577.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had a couple weekends now to go down to the garden and some help from Rudi this evening, so things are starting to shape up. 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