{"id":5276,"date":"2020-07-19T11:46:40","date_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2020-07-19T11:47:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-19T15:47:44","slug":"episode-83-at-tale-of-two-gardens-in-pandemic-year-city-garden-and-country-garden-july-15-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=5276","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 83: AT TALE OF TWO GARDENS IN PANDEMIC YEAR…CITY GARDEN AND COUNTRY GARDEN JULY 15, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE 83   A TALE OF TWO GARDENS IN THE PANDEMIC  YEAR 2020<\/div>\n

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COVID 19:  THE PANDEMIC  HAS  CHANGED THE WORLD\u2026BUT WE REMAIN LUCKY AND ALONE<\/div>\n

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WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING IN OUR ISOLATION?   WELL WE HAVE BEEN GARDEINING AND<\/div>\n
FEEL VERY LUCKY  TO BE ABLE TO DO SO  MARJORIE IS THE BETTER GARDENER AS YOU WILL<\/div>\n
NO DOUBT NOTICE.  MY JOB IS TO FIGHT OFF THE WEEDS.   ONE PICTURE SHOWS HOW OUR<\/div>\n
WEEDS  CAN OUT COMPETE OUR CORN\u2026SEE IF YOU  CAN  FIND  IT.   WOODY HAS BEEN<\/div>\n
INCLUDED  JUST FOR FUN.<\/div>\n

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1)  OUR COUNTRY GARDEN\u2026JULY 15, 2020<\/div>\n

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. USING PLASTIC CONTAINERS TO TRY AND DISCOURAGE THE WEEDS\u2026SO FAR<\/div>\n
ALL WE HAVE  PRODUCED IS ONE ZUCCHINI.  <\/div>\n

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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE WEEDS OUT COMPETE THE CORN AND<\/div>\n
PUMPKIN PATCH.   WEEDS USUALLY WIN.  LATER IN THE FALL WE WILL SEE<\/div>\n
IF ANY PUMPKINS SURVIVED.   WHY NOT GET IN THERE AND WEED THE PATCH?<\/div>\n
MY EXCUSE  IS SIMPLE\u2026MAYBE THERE ARE BLACK LEGGD  TICKS JUST WAITING<\/div>\n
FOR MY BARE LEGS.   AN EXCUSE.<\/div>\n

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THE MILKWEED  PLANTS ARE NOW SIX  FEET HIGH AND HAVE ATTRACTED  TWO MONARCH  BUTTERFLIES.  I HOPE THEY ARE<\/div>\n
HUSBAND AND WIFE AND HAVE LEFT THEIR PROGENY TO WOLF  DOWN THE MILKWEED.   <\/div>\n

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WE HAVE FOUR LARGE PONDS ON MY GRANDFATHER’S FROMER FARM.  HE DRAINED THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.<\/div>\n
WE HAVE DONE THE  REVERSE.  THANKS TO COVID19 WE HAVE CLEARED SOME OF THE LAND  AROUND<\/div>\n
ONE OF OUR PONDS THAT HAS BEEN LOST TO SIGHT FOR A COUPLE  OF  DECADES.  WHEN IT WAS EXCAVATED<\/div>\n
OVER 20 YEARS AGO, THE HUGE EXCAVATING MACHINE HIT QUICK SAND  AND SLOWLY SANK.   TO RESCUE<\/div>\n
THE EXCAVATOR WAS  AN  IMMENSE TASK.  IMAGINE WHAT THIS  POND  WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE WRECK<\/div>\n
OF AN EXCAVATOR IN THE MIDDLE\u2026PERHAPS JUST THE NECK REVEALED.<\/div>\n

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I INCLUDED  ANGUS MCECHERN\u2019S OLD HAY LOADER TO HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHAT THIS LAND  WAS LIKE  WHEN<\/div>\n
IT WAS A FIELD OF TIMOTHY HAY AND  ERIC, RONNIE, ANGUS AND I STOOD ON THE HAY WAGON WHILE THE LOOSE<\/div>\n
HAY TUMBLED ONTO US AS WE TRIED TO STOW IT.   ANGUS  PULLED OUR CARAVAN \u2026 TRACTOR, HAY WAGON, HAY LOADER \u2026<\/div>\n
OVER BESIDE THE WILD CHOKECHERRIES FOR US TO EAT IF  WE GRABBED  THEM FAST.<\/div>\n

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ALAN SKEOCH<\/div>\n
JULY 15, 2020<\/div>\n

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A FEW YEARS AGO I USED THIS OPEN SPACE TO BURN WOODEN  TRASH.<\/div>\n
MARJORIE MADE ME CONVERT THE SPACE TO GRASS.  I AM NOT SURE<\/div>\n
THAT WAS A GOOD  IDEA BUT DID IT ANYWAY.  YOU BE THE JUDGE.<\/div>\n

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2)  OUR CITY GARDEN \u2026 PLANTED  AND  NURSED BY MARJORIE      JULY 25, 2020<\/div>\n

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ALAN SKEOCH\u2019<\/div>\n
JULY 15, 2020<\/div>\n

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P>S>    I HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN IRELAND\u2026MORE EPISODES COMING NOW THAT<\/div>\n
DAN DWAN HAS REACHED ACROSS THE ATLANTIC TO TOUCH  BASE WITH ME.<\/div>\n
BARNEY DWAN IS ALIVE AND WELL\u2026REMEMBER HIM?  MY RIGHT HAND  MAN<\/div>\n
IN 1960 WHO I CALLED  BANDY BECAUSE OF THE IRISH  ACCENT.<\/div>\n



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EPISODE 83   A TALE OF TWO GARDENS IN THE PANDEMIC  YEAR 2020 COVID 19:  THE PANDEMIC  HAS  CHANGED THE WORLD\u2026BUT WE REMAIN LUCKY AND ALONE WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING IN OUR ISOLATION?   WELL WE HAVE BEEN GARDEINING AND FEEL VERY LUCKY  TO BE ABLE TO DO SO  MARJORIE IS THE BETTER GARDENER […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}