{"id":1940,"date":"2012-02-19T22:40:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-19T11:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=1940"},"modified":"2012-02-19T22:40:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-19T11:40:20","slug":"a-garden-comes-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/a-garden-comes-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A GARDEN COMES TO LIFE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-earthbag-garden-beds.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1940]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1942\" title=\"permaculture-garden-earthbag-garden-beds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-earthbag-garden-beds.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Raised earthbag garden beds with scratch coat of render\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-chooks.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1940]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1941\" title=\"permaculture-garden-chooks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-chooks.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Little next door neighbour chatting with the chooks\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-raised-beds.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1940]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1944\" title=\"permaculture-garden-raised-beds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-raised-beds.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Raised earthbag garden beds with first coat of earthen plaster\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-earth-oven.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1940]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1945\" title=\"permaculture-garden-earth-oven\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-earth-oven.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Beginnings of an earth oven\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-legumes.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1940]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1943\" title=\"permaculture-garden-legumes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-legumes.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Legume crop rotation garden bed\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-plots.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[1940]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1946\" title=\"permaculture-garden-plots\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/permaculture-garden-plots.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Raised garden beds planted out\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our raised earth bag garden beds are rendered like a patchwork quilt, marked by dozens of helpful hands. Little details are cheeky and drag on for months and months and what began as a fun excuse to revert back to early mud pie days took gritted teeth to finish (let&#8217;s not talk about the fact that this is only the scratch coat).\u00a0 It was such a relief to get some green back in the garden, bare earth is something I hope has been banished from our garden for good. Luckily we have agreed to show our garden as part of a permaculture open garden scheme for our local council in April, nothing lights a fire under you quite like the fear of public humiliation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Our raised earth bag garden beds are rendered like a patchwork quilt, marked by dozens of helpful hands. 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