{"id":904,"date":"2012-05-23T16:28:04","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T21:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=904"},"modified":"2012-05-23T16:28:04","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T21:28:04","slug":"upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=904","title":{"rendered":"Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

The World’s Smallest Pea Patch<\/a> is getting an upgrade this year (and no, I’m not changing its name, even though it no longer is true). But isn’t this sharp:<\/p>\n

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I have one more to install, giving me three 4x4ft raised beds. The first one is nearly full of perennials already. I transplanted in the strawberries, rhubarb, and all the perennial herbs. The weather obliged by providing a week of cool damp for them to recover. There’s enough room left for some annual herbs.<\/p>\n

The beds came with trellises, yet to be added. I foresee tomatoes (of course!), and runner beans, and cucumbers, and peppers… What else? I have more and nicer garden space than previously, though not enough for melons or corn. What should I grow? Heirloom varieties preferred, and I get a lot of the basics from my CSA.<\/p>\n

I also upgraded the flowers.<\/p>\n

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That planter won’t easily go on the wall I’d intended it to occupy, so I put it out by the mailbox instead.<\/p>\n

It was a bad year for tulips, but is going to be a great year for roses.<\/p>\n

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This one trails across the tops of the rhododendrons, and has entirely covered them in rosebuds. I think it approves of last year’s major pruning of the things around it.<\/p>\n

Speaking of rhododendrons…<\/p>\n

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Neither new nor flowering, but who can resist dogs in armor?<\/p>\n

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