{"id":2813,"date":"2012-11-19T16:50:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T05:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=2813"},"modified":"2014-09-14T17:05:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-14T07:05:29","slug":"pre-spring-2012-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/pre-spring-2012-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"PRE-SPRING 2012 HARVEST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/leek-aliums-silverbeet-cardinal-august-2012.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-right: 10px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/pink-snapdragon-august-2012.jpg?w=390\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"  \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 10px;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/johnny-jump-up-august-2012.jpg?w=390\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"  \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-right: 10px;\">\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/winter-flowering-prurple-lavendar-otway-herbs-august-2012.jpg?w=390\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"  \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 10px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/chickens-tree-marigold-banana-orchard-august-2012.jpg?w=390\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"  \/><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 50%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-right: 10px;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/first-broad-beans-august-2012.jpg?resize=390%2C530\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"width=\"390\" height=\"530\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float: left; width: 25%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 10px; \u201cpadding-right: 5px;\">\nI feel like our garden has finally settled into the right rhythm. Last October we pulled almost everything out to start afresh. After we finished all the earth bag garden beds, we felt overwhelmed. We were confronted with bare earth and spring already over, beans leaves crisping from summer sun and snails nibbling every snowpea to the ground. Pansies were pretty to fill the gaps in the herb border over winter, but proved a ridiculously perfect home for snails to procreate, but now our first spring is approaching. Now <em>finally<\/em> our garden in producing a quality and quantity of produce we can be proud of, <\/p>\n<h1>something for every lunch and dinner.<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nSoon when the fruits begin perhaps for breakfast too. The perennials are really starting to flourish, bare earth is a distant memory. <\/p>\n<p>So I thought I&#8217;d start documenting what we are harvesting each season, it should be interesting to see how it changes not over the months, but if I am dedicated enough, to see how it (hopefully) grows over the years. Who would have thought that we would be picking the last of the capsicums this late in the year!\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"float: right; width: 25%;\">\n<div style=\"padding-left: 15px;\">\nCompanions:<br \/>\nSnowpeas &#8211; Oregon Dwarf<br \/>\nLettuces &#8211; Rabbit Ear<br \/>\nBeetroot &#8211; White Blankoma<br \/>\nSilverbeet &#8211; Fordhook<br \/>\nChard &#8211; Bright Lights<br \/>\nChives &#8211; Common<br \/>\nChervil<br \/>\nParsley &#8211; Continental<br \/>\nDill<br \/>\nRosemary<br \/>\nOregano &#8211; Greek<br \/>\nMarjoram &#8211; Golden<br \/>\nMint &#8211; Common<br \/>\nMint &#8211; Orange<br \/>\nSavory &#8211; Winter<br \/>\nThyme &#8211; Lemon<br \/>\nThyme &#8211; Common<br \/>\nCoriander<\/p>\n<p>Brassicaeae:<br \/>\nMustard greens &#8211; Mizuna<br \/>\nPak Choy &#8211; Red<br \/>\nChinese Cabbage<\/p>\n<p>Umbelliferae:<br \/>\nCelery &#8211; Stringless<br \/>\nCarrot &#8211; Red Dragon<\/p>\n<p>Solanaceae:<br \/>\nChilli &#8211; Pepper Fish<br \/>\nCapsicum &#8211; Mini Sweet Yellow<br \/>\nCapsicum &#8211; Mini Sweet Chocolate<\/p>\n<p>Alliums:<br \/>\nSpring Onions<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/crimson-broad-bean-flowers-staked-august-2012.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/first-broccoli-sprouting-august-2012.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/nasturtiums-orange-nettle-august-2012.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/nature-strip-verge-garden-artichoke-dog-august-2012.jpg?resize=665%2C499\" alt=\"ALTERNATIVE TEXT\" title=\"TITLE\"width=\"665\" height=\"499\" \/><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I feel like our garden has finally settled into the right rhythm. Last October we pulled almost everything out to start afresh. After we finished all the earth bag garden beds, we felt overwhelmed. We were confronted with bare earth and spring already over, beans leaves crisping from summer sun and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2822,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,55],"tags":[288,302,294,220,87,304,134,287,81,284],"class_list":["post-2813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","category-recipes","tag-alliums","tag-brassicaceae","tag-companion-planting","tag-flemington-earthbag-garden","tag-gracie-the-border-collie","tag-harvest","tag-herbs","tag-legumes","tag-permaculture-design","tag-solanaceae-nightshades"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/leek-aliums-silverbeet-cardinal-august-2012.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4l1F7-Jn","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2813"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3488,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2813\/revisions\/3488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}