{"id":172,"date":"2015-05-21T21:29:43","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T03:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/issyroo.org\/?p=172"},"modified":"2015-05-21T21:29:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-22T03:29:43","slug":"new-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"New beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have begun to garden at my mom&#8217;s house. She has a huge backyard, and has given us full rein to do as we please, as long as the front is kept neat. While this is a temporary solution, we are continuing with our gardening experiments. We plan to build a cattle fence greenhouse and begin experiments with hydroponics.<\/p>\n<p>First off, we spruced up the front beds with plants from the other house.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-172 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=173'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-173\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-173'>\n\t\t\t\tRhubarb\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=174'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-174\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-174'>\n\t\t\t\tYarrow and irises\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=175'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-175\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-175'>\n\t\t\t\tmint\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=176'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-176\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-176'>\n\t\t\t\tRose bush\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=177'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-177\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-177'>\n\t\t\t\tmint, irises and salvia\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=178'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=179'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=180'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=181'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-181\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-181'>\n\t\t\t\trussian sage\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=182'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=183'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/12-April-11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once we got the front started, we began on the side garden area. Most of the transplanted plants have bounced back.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-172 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=184'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-184\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-184'>\n\t\t\t\tSpearmint\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=185'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=187'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=186'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-186\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-186'>\n\t\t\t\tPlum blossoms\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=188'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening9-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-188\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-188'>\n\t\t\t\tplanter\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=189'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening10-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-189\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-189'>\n\t\t\t\tmint!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=190'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening11-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-190\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-190'>\n\t\t\t\tHerbs and irises\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=192'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening13-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=193'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening14-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=194'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/7-May-Gardening15-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-194\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-194'>\n\t\t\t\tYarrow and daisy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Then we started on the back yard. We tilled up nearly 500 square feet of the garden and as soon as it stops raining for more than five minutes, we will be planting. I planted kale, a lettuce mix, two kinds of onions and tomatoes on the side. The back will have squash, green beans, pumpkins, radishes and carrots.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-172 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=195'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17-May.1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-195\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-195'>\n\t\t\t\tThe whole back looked like this.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=197'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17-May.3-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-197\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-197'>\n\t\t\t\tCompost!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=198'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17-May.4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=196'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17-May.2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-196\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-196'>\n\t\t\t\tTilled yard\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?attachment_id=199'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/17-May.5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have begun to garden at my mom&#8217;s house. She has a huge backyard, and has given us full rein to do as we please, as long as the front is kept neat. While this is a temporary solution, we are continuing with our gardening experiments. We plan to build a cattle fence greenhouse and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/?p=172\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New beginnings<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[17,19],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200,"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/issyroo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}