{"id":141,"date":"2008-05-01T19:56:45","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/?p=141"},"modified":"2008-06-02T15:05:56","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T22:05:56","slug":"my-bit-of-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/01\/my-bit-of-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"My &#8220;Bit of Earth&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-043-custom.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/01\/my-bit-of-earth\/spring-2008-043-custom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-043-custom.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,225\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1209688821&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.40625&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spring-2008-043-custom\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;L to R: Petunias, Fern Palm, Thyme, Basil, Springtime Succulent, Parsley&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My little plants&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-043-custom.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-043-custom.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-143\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"spring-2008-043-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-043-custom.jpg\" alt=\"My little plants\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>We don&#8217;t have a yard or a garden &#8211; per se &#8211; but I have recently turned our front porch into a little nursery for my own amusement.  It started with a few cooking herbs, but has grown to include potted petunias and forget-me-nots (seeds for the latter were given to us by Jim&#8217;s grandmother), as well as three cherry tomato plants and even a dwarf meyer lemon tree, which seems very happy despite the close quarters.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-046-custom.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"144\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/2008\/05\/01\/my-bit-of-earth\/spring-2008-046-custom\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-046-custom.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"480,640\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1209688916&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.40625&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spring-2008-046-custom\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dwarf Meyer Lemon Tree&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;My little tree&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-046-custom.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-046-custom.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-144\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"spring-2008-046-custom\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angieandjim.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/spring-2008-046-custom.jpg\" alt=\"My little tree\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, this gardening mania &#8211; which has been latent within me for quite a long time &#8211; has been encouraged by the creation of our ward gardening group.   We took a tour of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aldenlane.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alden Lane Nursery<\/a> a few weeks ago, and I have become addicted.  Alden Lane is like a garden itself, and I could wander up and down the rows, under the huge oak trees, for hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We don&#8217;t have a yard or a garden &#8211; per se &#8211; but I have recently turned our front porch into a little nursery for my own amusement. 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