{"id":38,"date":"2007-02-27T16:28:24","date_gmt":"2007-02-27T22:28:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/gardenblog\/2007\/02\/27\/signs-of-spring-at-lost-valley-gardens\/"},"modified":"2008-06-21T10:45:26","modified_gmt":"2008-06-21T15:45:26","slug":"signs-of-spring-at-lost-valley-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/2007\/02\/27\/signs-of-spring-at-lost-valley-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Signs of Spring at Lost Valley Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had a high of 89 degrees yesterday, and just a few short weeks ago we were covered with ice. The transition to spring has been swift this year. I look forward to spring, but I also dread it because I know what will follow &#8211; a very long, hot, dry summer. According to Jim Spencer on KXAN, our long range forcast for this spring is warmer than normal, and drier than normal. So I am bracing for the worst by installing more drip irrigation, and stocking up on plenty of mulch.<\/p>\n<p>I took a few pictures of the raised bed gardens on the south side of our yard which show how well the cold hardy plants are doing, the emergence of voluntary annuals and the re-emergence of perennial flowers and herbs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"captionfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeisanongoingprocess.com\/imageshome\/SBherbs1.jpg\" title=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" alt=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" height=\"325\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Rosemary, Maximillion Sunflowers, Parsley, Thyme, Plains Coreopsis, Lindheimer Daisy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"captionfull\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeisanongoingprocess.com\/imageshome\/SBherbs2.jpg\" title=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" alt=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" height=\"325\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Korean Licorice Mint, Calendula, Lemon Balm, Yarrow, Valerian, Rudbeckia, Coreopsis<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"captionfull\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeisanongoingprocess.com\/imageshome\/SBcollardbed.jpg\" title=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" alt=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" height=\"325\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Collards, Kale, Swiss Chard<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"captionfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeisanongoingprocess.com\/imageshome\/SBspinach.jpg\" title=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" alt=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" height=\"325\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Spinach, Rudbeckia, Chinese Cabbage, Kale, Broccoli<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"captionfull\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lifeisanongoingprocess.com\/imageshome\/SBbroccoliblooms.jpg\" title=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" alt=\"Herbs in Raised Beds\" height=\"325\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"490\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em> Bees on Broccoli Blooms<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>I have lots of seedlings potted up in the greenhouse. Pictures to follow soon.<\/p>\n<p>Carol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had a high of 89 degrees yesterday, and just a few short weeks ago we were covered with ice. The transition to spring has been swift this year. I look forward to spring, but I also dread it because I know what will follow &#8211; a very long, hot, dry summer. According to Jim [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[125,361],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","tag-herbs","tag-vegetable-gardening"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phuiL-C","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lostvalleygardens.com\/LVGblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}