{"id":3594,"date":"2012-05-30T20:30:30","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T03:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3594"},"modified":"2012-05-30T20:38:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T03:38:02","slug":"a-harvest-time-of-sorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=3594","title":{"rendered":"A harvest time, of sorts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had our first salad from our garden tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Addie was quite insistent on planting lettuce this year , so although I thought we had missed the cool season window of opportunity, I let her throw some little plants and seeds in. Much to my surprise, we have lettuce! Lots o&#8217; lettuce.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0102 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305924606\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8028\/7305924606_99635c5301_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0102\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The butter lettuce is still working its way up, but the romaine lettuce we harvested tonight, along with some tomatoes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0100 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305929926\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8024\/7305929926_afa16defea_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0100\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and our salad was delicious. Even Emma who we are sloooowly converting to the dark side as a salad lover, had a nice big bowl of it and didn&#8217;t complain. (Too much.)<\/p>\n<p>Addie also chose golden zucchini to plant and is anxiously awaiting zucchini bread and muffins.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0101 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305926202\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8020\/7305926202_f5a2ed464d_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0101\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m waiting on the beets to be ready.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0098 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305935406\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7096\/7305935406_becd6a395f_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0098\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And Bob here is just keeping an eye on everything for us.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0099 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305933526\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8028\/7305933526_b797f19fe1_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0099\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Addie pleaded her case for a garden gnome when we were in JoAnns one day. She ended up spending her allowance on him, and just tonight while we were picking our veggies she exclaimed, &#8220;I think Bob really likes it in our garden.&#8221; (Bob?! Ahhh..ok.)<\/p>\n<p>Blueberries are having a little bit harder time, we seem to have some sort of animal that likes berries and has found our bushes this year.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0106 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305920520\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8155\/7305920520_5fd0944ebe_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0106\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But the lavender we planted last year is taking over our trash area and making all of the bees in the yard very happy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"DSC_0109 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305915784\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7213\/7305915784_f0dd9f59e8_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0109\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And although Daddy doesn&#8217;t like hydrangeas, it is one of Addie and my fave flowers and our bush that we&#8217;ve been coddling for a few years has finally, finally taken off!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0097 by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/7305939306\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7105\/7305939306_5076f29d3e_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0097\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had our first salad from our garden tonight. 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