{"id":12461,"date":"2023-04-04T10:55:48","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=12461"},"modified":"2023-04-04T10:55:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:55:49","slug":"12461","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2023\/04\/12461\/","title":{"rendered":"A garden interlude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Warmer temperatures and most importantly, no cold wind. A good day to get some gardening done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sam put old hay from the chicken coop on top of the compost pile. Supposedly, the pile on the left was once as high as the pile on the right. Hard to believe. We\u2019ll screen out the pile on the left, and rotate the big pile over. Later. Right now there\u2019s still ice in the soil. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6433.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6433.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6433-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6433-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6433-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Compost pile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The chickens had an outing. Here, drinking rain water from a cement water bowl my sister gave us. There are three of them, only two in photo. At one point, they were all drinking together but I missed the shot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6430.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12458\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6430.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6430-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chickens <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The garden looks asleep. We\u2019re still digging up potatoes. They store well in the soil under a thick layer of hay. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6432.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6432.jpg 1333w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6432-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6432-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6432-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1333px) 100vw, 1333px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Garden <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The official start of the gardening season &#8211; I planted peas and fava beans today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6431.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6431.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/img_6431-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Peas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s going to be cold and rainy later tomorrow, so this was a brief opportunity. Plus we are going to France for a week leaving Thursday. I don\u2019t want to leave, but it\u2019s a family trip. We\u2019ll see how much of my high school French comes back. Au revoir! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warmer temperatures and most importantly, no cold wind. A good day to get some gardening done. Sam put old hay from the chicken coop on top of the compost pile. 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