{"id":13,"date":"2011-02-27T21:59:39","date_gmt":"2011-02-27T21:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.messyblessings.com\/garden\/?p=13"},"modified":"2018-08-06T15:19:58","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:19:58","slug":"welcome-to-our-family-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/messyblessings.com\/garden\/2011\/02\/27\/welcome-to-our-family-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Our Family Garden!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/messyblessings.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/Garden-2010-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-140\" title=\"Garden 2010 2\" src=\"http:\/\/messyblessings.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/Garden-2010-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Last spring, Mike fenced off a corner in our backyard, and we planted a little container garden with flowers and herbs. We added a Saint Francis statue (with a small bird bath and a solar light), a bird feeder, a big pile of dirt for digging and playing with trucks, a bubble machine, and some solar dragonfly lights. Elsewhere in the backyard, in lovely, large red pots, we also planted a nectarine tree from a <a href=\"http:\/\/calloways.com\/\">nursery<\/a> and a peach tree from our friend Stephanie. I called it our &#8220;Explore &amp; Discover Garden.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42 We got off to a really late start last year, not doing any planting until Easter. Mike and Matthew (28-months-old at the time) did all of the actual planting while Adelaide (10-months-old then) and I supervised. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/messyblessings.com\/garden\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2011\/02\/Garden-2010-2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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In fact, it&#8217;s been hard NOT to plan as I think we all have spring fever around here.<\/p>\n<p>So, welcome to our family garden&#8230;where the Messy Blessings family is growing together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last spring, Mike fenced off a corner in our backyard, and we planted a little container garden with flowers and herbs. 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