{"id":2815729,"date":"2012-05-10T14:54:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T19:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/?p=2815729"},"modified":"2012-05-10T14:55:49","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T19:55:49","slug":"my-garden-in-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/","title":{"rendered":"My Garden in Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I love Spring. My garden seems like a charmed place with all my perennial herbs sprouting up. Spring came early this year and I have already planted some veggies.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815719\" title=\"Raspberries\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Raspberries\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>My raspberries are growing up fast and strong.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815720\" title=\"Chives\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Chives\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-4-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>My chives are blooming. I love their mauve blossoms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815721\" title=\"Lemon Balm &amp; Oregano\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-6-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Lemon Balm &amp; Oregano\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-6-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The lemon balm is growing now with the Greek oregano. They&#8217;re living in harmony!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815722\" title=\"Mint\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Mint\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-7-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>The mint is already several inches high and I&#8217;ll have to make sure it doesn&#8217;t stage a coup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815723\" title=\"Kale\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-8-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Kale\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-8-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-8-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I am growing kale for the first time. My friends have already shared their kale recipes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815725\" title=\"Swiss Chard\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-11-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Swiss Chard\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-11-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-11-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>I am also growing green and red Swiss chard for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815726\" title=\"Red &amp; Butter Leaf Lettuce\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-12-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Red &amp; Butter Leaf Lettuce\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-12-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-12-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Red and butter leaf lettuce = future yummy salads!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815727\" title=\"Rhubarb \" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-15-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Rhubarb\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-15-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-15-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I have lots of perennial rhubarb &amp; my neighbor likes to make strawberry rhubarb pie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2815728\" title=\"Buddhist prayer flags\" src=\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-16-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Buddhist prayer flags\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-16-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-16-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>My Buddhist flags sending peace, prosperity and protection prayers via the wind. Have you starting planting yet? My plan is to add tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, squash and peppers. Maybe also some lavender and rosemary. What&#8217;s growing in your garden?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love Spring. My garden seems like a charmed place with all my perennial herbs sprouting up. Spring came early this year and I have already planted some veggies.My raspberries are growing up fast and strong. My chives are blooming. I love their mauve blossoms. The lemon balm is growing now with the Greek oregano. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Garden in Spring<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[45,126,147],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>My Garden in Spring<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My herb and vegetable garden in Spring\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kitoula\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kitoula\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610affd2867fead5d767dc93895afcdf\"},\"headline\":\"My Garden in Spring\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-10T19:54:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-05-10T19:55:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#\/schema\/person\/610affd2867fead5d767dc93895afcdf\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-1024x576.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gardening\",\"vegetables\",\"veggies\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Gardening\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\",\"name\":\"My Garden in Spring\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-1024x576.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-05-10T19:54:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-05-10T19:55:49+00:00\",\"description\":\"My herb and vegetable garden in Spring\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-1024x576.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/kitoula.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Spring-Garden-12-2-1024x576.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/2012\/05\/my-garden-in-spring\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"My Garden in Spring\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/kitoula.com\/\",\"name\":\"Kitoula's Greek Food Journal\",\"description\":\"I&#039;m Greek. 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