{"id":12710,"date":"2023-07-30T10:01:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=12710"},"modified":"2023-07-30T10:01:11","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T17:01:11","slug":"seeing-what-i-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2023\/07\/seeing-what-i-see\/","title":{"rendered":"Seeing what I see"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beautiful morning after a rainy night. Chilly outside early. Everything was sparkling with raindrops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today picking raspberries in the fruit yard, I was thinking about what I see there. Sam usually picks raspberries, but today I did. I found the fruit yard disturbing because all I could see was the disorder, all the work that needed to be done. Raspberries sprouting up up everywhere, outside the beds. Strawberry bed filled with weeds, choking out the berries. The weeds were merrily taking over the whole area. I thought &#8211; well, when I&#8217;m in the garden, I see the rows, how the plants are doing, what needs to be done to make it beautiful and productive to me. When Sam&#8217;s in the garden, he&#8217;s like a hunter, he sees the food. I can be like that just for now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7008.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7008-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Raspberry <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then on thinking more, I realized I see plants next to each other. Their forms and colors. I find it very attractive. Most of the time, the pairs are accidental. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12708\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7009.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7009-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The borage grows huge. I cut some off so we could walk past it without bothering the bees. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When I walk in the neighborhood, I am starting to see guilds. I learned this lovely term from the Wild Seed Project&#8217;s publications. It means basically plants that do well together. Similar soil and moisture preference, light requirements, growth rates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;&#8230;when they grow in combinations of at least three species &#8211; forming a guild, a beautiful patchwork of foliage textures and blooms that offer interest throughout the growing season.&#8221;*  I love that they use the word patchwork to describe the effect! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7010-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7010-1.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/img_7010-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Borage and red lettuce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>*Quote from Wild Seed Project&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/shop.wildseedproject.net\/products\/native-ground-covers-for-northeast-landscapes-a-wild-seed-project-guide?variant=42573244760256\" target=\"_blank\">Native Ground Covers for Northeast Landscapes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beautiful morning after a rainy night. 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