{"id":7908,"date":"2018-04-16T01:37:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T06:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7908"},"modified":"2018-04-16T03:52:30","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T08:52:30","slug":"scenes-from-the-garden-mid-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7908","title":{"rendered":"scenes from the garden: mid-april"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made it to the garden center on their opening day in time to snap up four strawberry plants and a couple packets of seeds, and later in the evening, headed down to the garden to do some planting and see what was growing:<\/p>\n<p><center><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/39683135150\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Broccoli\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/786\/39683135150_eba9e66fa4.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Broccoli\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a   href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/41492003121\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Peas\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/786\/41492003121_3feeb42802.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Peas\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/40779049654\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Strawberries\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/799\/40779049654_fd769b6c1a.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Strawberries\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/27620585718\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Growing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/868\/27620585718_9046c47d39.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Growing\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, my broccoli (which I planted last fall as a seedling) is growing florets, my tallest peas are as tall as my fingers, the strawberries I already had in my plot developed flowers, and my greens are finally growing.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I am delighted to report that my fears that I had somehow killed a hardy woodland flower were unfounded and that I arrived to violets all over the periphery of my plot, which is where I wanted them. <\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/41491980521\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Violets\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/805\/41491980521_b385a57d49.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Violets\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I harvested a bouquet of them for the top of my fridge, but left plenty for our pollinators because it&#8217;s good to share. 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