{"id":6041,"date":"2012-06-15T09:19:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T13:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=6041"},"modified":"2012-06-15T09:19:04","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T13:19:04","slug":"gardeningor-maybe-just-the-garden-contained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6041","title":{"rendered":"Gardening\u2013 or maybe just the garden contained."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I do not have good soil- I\u2019ve been putting in bags of peat and loads<\/p>\n<p>of manure for years now and I STILL don\u2019t have good soil.\u00a0 I should<\/p>\n<p>have dug up the entire garden and filled it with compost and peat<\/p>\n<p>and top soil- but we (as in my husband) decided that would be overkill<\/p>\n<p>and so we have a heavy clay soil that is dominant and patches of peat<\/p>\n<p>enhanced heavy clay soil.\u00a0 It is not good for growing.<\/p>\n<p>So most of the time I put plants in containers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"001\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/001_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"001\" width=\"348\" height=\"520\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Containers are good for flowers- especially geraniums.<\/p>\n<p>And they are pretty good for lettuce\u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"002\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/002_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"002\" width=\"351\" height=\"235\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0042.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"004\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/004_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"004\" width=\"353\" height=\"237\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2026 it is growing pretty well- I thinned it out some<\/p>\n<p>yesterday and made a great fresh lettuce salad for dinner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"006\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/006_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"006\" width=\"164\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"003\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/003_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"003\" width=\"164\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And tomatoes seem to do pretty well in containers, too.<\/p>\n<p>This tomato shows a weeks growth- and the other plants<\/p>\n<p>are putting on buds and small little tomatoes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0043.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"004\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/004_thumb3.jpg\" alt=\"004\" width=\"164\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"006\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/006_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"006\" width=\"164\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The peppers are doing all right in the containers, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0082.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"008\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/008_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"008\" width=\"327\" height=\"489\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even the cheddar cauliflower is growing in its pot.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"010\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/010_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"010\" width=\"339\" height=\"227\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Which is very good, since the rabbits have eaten all the leaves<\/p>\n<p>off of the ones I planted in the ground.<\/p>\n<p>I think I am more of a container-pot gardener than a bounteous<\/p>\n<p>bed gardener.\u00a0 Maybe<em>\u00a0 <\/em>I just don\u2019t have green fingers- but with<\/p>\n<p>the pots doing so well- I\u2019m blaming the soil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"009\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/009_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"009\" width=\"114\" height=\"169\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/017.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"017\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/017_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"017\" width=\"248\" height=\"167\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/029.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"029\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/029_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"029\" width=\"111\" height=\"164\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"028\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/028_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"028\" width=\"113\" height=\"168\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0242.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"024\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/024_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"024\" width=\"244\" height=\"164\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/0092.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"009\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/009_thumb2.jpg\" alt=\"009\" width=\"113\" height=\"168\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So- How does your garden grow?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I do not have good soil- I\u2019ve been putting in bags of peat and loads of manure for years now and I STILL don\u2019t have good soil.\u00a0 I should have dug up the entire garden and filled it with compost &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=6041\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dirt","category-photos-nature","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}