{"id":7126,"date":"2020-09-16T14:15:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=7126"},"modified":"2020-09-16T14:15:58","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T18:15:58","slug":"365219-garden-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/365219-garden-miracles\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#219: Garden Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Covid-19 has caused much disruption and, pain, BUT one unintended consequence is that I\u2019ve spent more time in my garden. At first I was too energetic and planted some pole bean seeds too early in March. Only one stem survived a late frost. I later planted more seeds and vegetables so we had a hearty supply of beans, tomatoes, peppers, kale, etc. during the summer.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As I was weeding my pole bean area at the end of the season I noticed that only one stem was actually still alive and producing, AND it was in the original row that I thought had all been killed by the frost. It had produced many vines that climbed up the strings and spread out at the top.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>See photo at right for the beans I got during just one day of picking. I\u2019m calling it a miracle \u2013 something to remind\u00a0 us of the resilience of nature and give us humans\u00a0 hope that we can survive hard times.<\/p>\n

Click on photos to enlarge.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Speaking of lessons from the natural world, Our zinnia flowers were also growing well. Normally, I would bring these inside and make a bouquet for our entryway. Of course no one is visiting during Covid to see their glory. At first I figured I\u2019d just pass them out to neighbors, but many of them have flower gardens of their own. I decided to anonymously drop off about 50 zinnias at random homes that we pass on our daily bike ride which includes low income areas of Covington. Since I didn\u2019t know how long it would be before the recipient found their flower, I got a bunch of single flower water tubes. This was the harder part of the project, but I hoped the flowers would bring some unexpected joy to people I didn\u2019t know.
\nPS: I also distributed some extra beans.<\/p>\n

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