{"id":974,"date":"2011-03-31T08:10:16","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T21:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=974"},"modified":"2012-02-02T20:06:49","modified_gmt":"2012-02-02T09:06:49","slug":"little-helpers-march-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/little-helpers-march-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"LITTLE HELPERS &#8211; MARCH IN THE GARDEN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-nature-strip.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-976\" title=\"garden-march-2011-nature-strip\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-nature-strip.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Making a new guerrilla garden in the nature strip, Melbourne, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-planting-nature-strip.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-977\" title=\"garden-march-2011-planting-nature-strip\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-planting-nature-strip.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Little girl planting marigold seeds in guerrilla garden, Melbourne, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-nature-strip-guerrilla-garden.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-978\" title=\"garden-march-2011-nature-strip-guerrilla-garden\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-nature-strip-guerrilla-garden.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Extended nature strip guerrilla garden, Melbourne, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-broom.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-979\" title=\"garden-march-2011-broom\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-broom.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Little next door neight bour &quot;helping&quot; in the garden, Melbourne, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-chickens-driveway.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Chickens digging in the driveway\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-chicken-driveway-sage.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-982\" title=\"garden-march-2011-chicken-driveway-sage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-chicken-driveway-sage.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Isa Brown hen digging by a sage plant\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-eggs-roquette.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-983\" title=\"garden-march-2011-eggs-roquette\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-eggs-roquette.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Freshly laid eggs and flowering roquette\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-baked-eggs.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-984\" title=\"garden-march-2011-baked-eggs\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-baked-eggs.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Baked eggs in puff pastry with fetta and roquette from recipe in Delicious Magazine\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-potatoes-marigolds.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-985\" title=\"garden-march-2011-potatoes-marigolds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-potatoes-marigolds.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Potato plant and orange French petite marigold\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-seed-potato.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-986\" title=\"garden-march-2011-seed-potato\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-seed-potato.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Seed potato in the ground\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-diggers-club-seedlings.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-987\" title=\"garden-march-2011-digger's-club-seedlings\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-diggers-club-seedlings.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Seedlings from the Digger's Club\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a 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src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-timber-planter-box-wheels.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Timber palette planter box on wheels\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-seedling-propagation.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-993\" title=\"garden-march-2011-seedling-propagation\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-seedling-propagation.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Seedling trays on our bedroom window sill\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-diggers-club-garlic.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-990\" title=\"garden-march-2011-digger's-club-garlic\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-diggers-club-garlic.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Oriental, white and Australian garlic from the Digger's Club\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-sunflowers.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-988\" title=\"garden-march-2011-sunflowers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-sunflowers.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Digger's Sunshine sunflowers\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-zucchini-tromboncino.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[974]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-994\" title=\"garden-march-2011-zucchini-tromboncino\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/garden-march-2011-zucchini-tromboncino.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Zucchini Tromboncino climbing up washing line\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are slowly extending our garden into the unused corners of the garden. The chickens have helped us weed the driveway\u00a0 and the little girls next door helped me plant out a second nature strip garden. I found a lovely Easter reciped for baked eggs in Delicious Magazine and it was lovely to be able to use our own eggs and roquette, but not our own fetta&#8230;yet. Hehe, I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll be able to get a goat just yet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; We are slowly extending our garden into the unused corners of the garden. The chickens have helped us weed the driveway\u00a0 and the little girls next door helped me plant out a second nature strip garden. 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