{"id":265,"date":"2009-05-11T14:45:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T20:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/?p=265"},"modified":"2009-05-11T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-11T20:45:47","slug":"on-the-domestic-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"On the Domestic Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Though nearly all our land is used for wildlife,\u00a0 we do have a vegetable garden.\u00a0 Twenty-something years ago, we put in raised beds edged with landscape timbers.\u00a0 Though some of those are rotting out, the main design is still there:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266\" title=\"veg-garden175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/veg-garden175.jpg\" alt=\"veg-garden175\" width=\"310\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/veg-garden175.jpg 310w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/veg-garden175-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the garden from the east; the near bed had radishes in it and still has some carrots; to the right is a huge (HUGE) Mexican oregano plant from previous years.\u00a0 We did not get the winter stuff in on time because of the severe drought and water use restrictions.\u00a0 The next bed has corn on both ends and beans and sunflowers in the middle.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-267\" title=\"veg-garden176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/veg-garden176.jpg\" alt=\"veg-garden176\" width=\"303\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/veg-garden176.jpg 303w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/veg-garden176-300x213.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the north, looking SW: this is the corn &amp; beans planter, with the tomato planter to the right.\u00a0 The corn at this end is not as far along as at the other. Right of the tomato planter\u00a0 is the wildflower garden.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-268\" title=\"green-tomato180\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/green-tomato180.jpg\" alt=\"green-tomato180\" width=\"220\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/green-tomato180.jpg 220w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/green-tomato180-217x300.jpg 217w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Just one of the green tomatoes.\u00a0 The bushes are huge and we didn&#8217;t get the kind of support in place that I like, but they&#8217;re tomato-ing away.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-269\" title=\"corn-patch183\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/corn-patch183.jpg\" alt=\"corn-patch183\" width=\"310\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/corn-patch183.jpg 310w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/corn-patch183-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the most advanced corn.\u00a0 Although it&#8217;s not very tall, it&#8217;s flowering now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-270\" title=\"corn-flowering187\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/corn-flowering187.jpg\" alt=\"corn-flowering187\" width=\"219\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/corn-flowering187.jpg 219w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/corn-flowering187-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re hoping that we, and not the raccoons, will get some of the ears when they ripen.<\/p>\n<p>We need to gutter the roof of this house (it was my mother&#8217;s, and is now where our son lives) so we will have rainwater for this garden and can worry less about restrictions on city water use.)\u00a0\u00a0 In the past we&#8217;ve grown potatoes, lettuce, etc. in this garden and all we really need is reliable water to keep doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, a pretty from the lily pond that serves as a wildlife waterer and home for frogs, dragonflies, etc.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-271\" title=\"water-lilies192\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/water-lilies192.jpg\" alt=\"water-lilies192\" width=\"309\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/water-lilies192.jpg 309w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/water-lilies192-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you find these together, you just have to take a picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though nearly all our land is used for wildlife,\u00a0 we do have a vegetable garden.\u00a0 Twenty-something years ago, we put in raised beds edged with landscape timbers.\u00a0 Though some of those are rotting out, the main design is still there: This is the garden from the east; 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