{"id":1929,"date":"2011-03-26T19:29:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-27T01:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2013-04-12T08:04:40","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T14:04:40","slug":"winter-shapes-of-the-straw-bale-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/winter-shapes-of-the-straw-bale-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Shapes of the Straw Bale Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-shapes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1954\" title=\"winter straw bale shapes\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-shapes1-300x184.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-shapes1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-shapes1-1024x630.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>My straw bale<\/strong> garden has sagged, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s all bad.\u00a0 I think it is on it&#8217;s way to becoming a pleasing, comfortable shape.\u00a0 Earlier, this winter, some bulbs were places on top of it, then covered with a layer of top soil.\u00a0 The soil ended up having more rocks in it than I remembered, but that hasn&#8217;t stopped the bulbs from sprouting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-tulips.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1952\" title=\"winter straw bale tulips\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-tulips-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-tulips-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-tulips-1024x807.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-tulips.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A few days ago<\/strong>, I removed some of the rocks and added some amended soil to help smooth it out on top.\u00a0 Then, I planted several kinds of flower seeds and repositioned the soaker hose.\u00a0 It has been my experience that the flower seeds sprout when the temperatures are right.\u00a0 There&#8217;s no need to wait to plant them until the last frost date is past.\u00a0 Some of them, like the sweet peas and poppies, are sprouting as volunteers in other places around my garden already.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The addition<\/strong> of sweet peas, four o&#8217;clocks, and various colored California poppies should create color for many months.\u00a0 I planted some of the sweet peas and four o&#8217;clocks so that they should cascade down the sides.\u00a0 Time will tell if my vision was accurate.\u00a0 Right now, it doesn&#8217;t look like much to the passerby, but to me it is just waiting to burst into bouquet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-ready.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1959\" title=\"winter straw bale ready\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-ready-300x134.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-ready-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/winter-straw-bale-ready-1024x459.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My straw bale garden has sagged, but I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s all bad.\u00a0 I think it is on it&#8217;s way to becoming a pleasing, comfortable shape.\u00a0 Earlier, this winter, some bulbs were places on top of it, then covered with a layer of top soil.\u00a0 The soil ended up having more rocks in it than 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