{"id":11106,"date":"2015-05-23T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T10:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=11106"},"modified":"2015-05-23T10:57:48","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T10:57:48","slug":"the-garden-is-lush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=11106","title":{"rendered":"The garden is lush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love this time of year when everything in the garden is really lush. The veg plot is really getting going now.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11121\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the_veg_plot_is_coming_on.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11121\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11121\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the_veg_plot_is_coming_on.jpg\" alt=\"The veg plot is coming on\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11121\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The veg plot is coming on<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The potatoes on the left of the plot are growing really fast.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11123\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/geraniums.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11123\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11123\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/geraniums.jpg\" alt=\"geraniums\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11123\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">geraniums<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The geraniums are just starting to go over but I love to see them in the sun.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11124\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the_garden_is_lush.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11124\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11124\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the_garden_is_lush.jpg\" alt=\"Forget me not\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Forget me not<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is a perennial with forget me not like flowers and foliage rather like a hosta. The flowers have started to go over but I also love the way this looks in the sun. Once it has flowered the leaves continue grow and come into their own.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11126\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the_garden_is_full.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11126\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11126\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/the_garden_is_full.jpg\" alt=\"Every part of the garden is full to bursting\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Every part of the garden is full to bursting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_11127\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pretty_cornflowers_in_unusual_colours.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11127\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11127\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pretty_cornflowers_in_unusual_colours.jpg\" alt=\"Cornflowers\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11127\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cornflowers<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I love the unusual colours of these pretty cornflowers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11128\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/london_pride.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11128\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11128\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/london_pride.jpg\" alt=\"London pride\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11128\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">London pride<\/p><\/div>\n<p>London pride are another of my favourites.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11129\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/flox.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11129\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11129\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/flox.jpg\" alt=\"Flox\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11129\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flox<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I love the way the flox drifts through the succulents.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11130\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pots_of_hosta.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11130\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11130\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pots_of_hosta.jpg\" alt=\"Hosta\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hosta<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The hosta pots look amazing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11133\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/contrast.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11133\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11133\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/contrast.jpg\" alt=\"Amazing contrast\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amazing contrast<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember what this shrub is called but I love the strong contrast of it&#8217;s foliage compared to the plants around it.<\/p>\n<p>Even the chicken run is starting to flower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11134\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chickens_rose_is_in_bud.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11134\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11134\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chickens_rose_is_in_bud.jpg\" alt=\"The rose in the chicken run is in bud\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rose in the chicken run is in bud<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is just getting ready to flower and I will photograph it again when the buds open.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11135\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chickens_shrub_is_in_flower.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11135\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11135\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/chickens_shrub_is_in_flower.jpg\" alt=\"This shrub in the chicken run is in flower\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This shrub in the chicken run is in flower<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t remember what this shrub is called either but I chose it for it&#8217;s umbrella like shape keeping it above the height that the girls can destroy.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder if the girls appreciate the garden&#8217;s beauty too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this time of year when everything in the garden is really lush. The veg plot is really getting going now. The potatoes on the left of the plot are growing really fast. 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