{"id":12544,"date":"2023-05-27T15:16:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-27T22:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=12544"},"modified":"2023-05-27T15:24:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T22:24:29","slug":"finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2023\/05\/finally\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

At last, a perfect spring day in Maine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ajuga is looking great. Spreading, but only into the lawn where it can be mowed back. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We’re taking care of the baby tomatoes in tubs still. Moving them inside at night and outside during the day. Sam’s watering them. They’ll be in the ground soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The hoophouse beds are producing spinach and kale for eating. A little red lettuce that was planted last fall has survived the winter, amazingly. There’s also arugula and some miner’s lettuce that’s going to seed. And escarole. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The front garden is filling in. No real blooms yet, except for the chives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And – an exciting development! I found a nearby source for native plants, the Native Gardens of Blue Hill<\/a>. Not only did they have a plant sale today, but they have a beautiful native garden with a lot of full grown plants so I can get an idea of what things look like. I bought five plants (could have bought more): a columbine, a monarda, two different penstemon varieties, and a mountain mint. I’ve planted them in the circle garden already. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Next step is to transplant a few of the natives that I have around the yard into the circle. There’s a spirea alba growing the asparagus bed (?), a lot of bristly sarsparilla in the fruit yard, and a nice patch of pussytoes growing in the gateway to the orchard. Maybe some cranesbill geranium. I’ll look for some of the yarrow that was growing in the hoophouse, if it hasn’t been killed off by all the agriculture going on in there. Making a garden is such an exciting and hopeful activity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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