{"id":9904,"date":"2023-05-09T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2023-05-09T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T16:31:00","slug":"im-still-planting-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2023\/05\/09\/im-still-planting-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m still planting seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’d think, after planting seeds since last month, I’d eventually get done. Right? Not so! I’ve been planting squash, pumpkin, muskmelon, watermelon, and today my brassicas, the cabbage family. A friend works at our local market, and she told me the produce manager said a crate of cauliflower used to wholesale at $38. The next crate was $112! Holy cow. And, I’ve noticed broccoli, cabbage, and kale has also been skyrocketing. So, guess what we’re planting more of this year?<\/p>\n

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Once the tomatoes and peppers were safely transplanted and in the greenhouse, I planted squash, pumpkins, and melons next.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We’ve been getting rain and misty rain in the day. But Will is still working on fixing his big bulldozer, Old Trusty. The bushings in the blade were getting pretty worn and he has lots of work scheduled for this summer, for it. So, while it’s nasty, he’s working on that. He’s also been pulling the hundreds of steel fence posts and tomato cages out of the Sand Garden, as we’re getting ready to move the tomatoes to the Wolf Garden. But, because that’s half a mile from the house, I’m planting a small kitchen garden, right next to the greenhouse, right out the front door. I don’t want to run to the Wolf Garden for a tomato or salad fixings. It’s amazing how much you can squeeze into a small spot so you can enjoy quick, fresh meals during the summertime.<\/p>\n

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Now, with rain and warmer weather, more flowers are popping out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I just went out to check on the flower beds around our little fishponds in the back yard. Two years ago, I found my waterlilies had overwintered in one of the ponds. I thought it might just be strange good luck. But, lo and behold, they’re coming up again, nice and strong, this year. Hooray! I did buy another one, for the smaller pond as not only are they beautiful but they keep the water clear as the leaves shade the water and prevent big algae from greening the water. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You’d think, after planting seeds since last month, I’d eventually get done. Right? Not so! I’ve been planting squash, pumpkin, muskmelon, watermelon, and today my brassicas, the cabbage family. A friend works at our local market, and she told me the produce manager said a crate of cauliflower used to wholesale at $38. The next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9904"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9907,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904\/revisions\/9907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}