{"id":18500,"date":"2017-01-24T13:37:12","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T18:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/?p=18500"},"modified":"2017-01-24T13:45:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T18:45:04","slug":"garden-projects-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/essays\/winter-in-the-garden\/2017\/01\/24\/garden-projects-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Projects in January"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18512\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-600x428.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-400x285.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-800x571.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-250x178.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-550x393.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-252x180.jpg 252w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-420x300.jpg 420w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-700x500.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5559-1-210x150.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two posts back-to-back, whaattt? <strong>Thank you for adding your fantastic gardening tips and advice in my last post. <a href=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/essays\/2017\/01\/23\/tips-for-starting-a-new-garden-and-a-giveaway\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keep &#8217;em coming!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18501\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5138-2-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I thought I&#8217;d share a few projects we worked on in our garden last week. It&#8217;s amazing how much one can accomplish when the sun comes out and you have a few extra hours of free time!\u00a0For starters, we made our first gate for <a href=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/essays\/2016\/11\/16\/november-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">the picket fence<\/a> and sunk a few more posts to complete the whole enclosure. Just to explain what we&#8217;re doing here: this part of the garden we plan to completely surround with fencing&#8211;as animal proof as possible&#8211;to house the chickens and bees which will be arriving in March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18502\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5135-7-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We sunk a few more posts to round out the rest of the picket fence so it will meet the corner of the house. Ugh, when I look at these photos I can&#8217;t help but nitpick it. I so want to get to finishing this part of the garden. Expand the beds! More boxwood! Clear the brush! Gravel the paths! I have to keep reminding myself that it&#8217;s a process and <a href=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/essays\/home\/2016\/03\/30\/a-year-in-review-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">we&#8217;ve come a long way<\/a> already.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18503\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5136-1-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our\u00a0property has a lot of levels of varying heights and mixed areas of shade and sun which sort of forces us to divide them into sections,\u00a0or &#8220;garden rooms,&#8221; if you will. This section receives the most sun and heat hence many of the roses are here. It&#8217;s also the flattest and because of <a href=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/essays\/spring-in-the-garden\/2016\/05\/13\/a-year-in-review-part-2-side-yard-and-entryway\/\" target=\"_blank\">the drainage issues<\/a> we had when we first moved in, it is the most complete area of our garden. Above is a photo from just the other day so you can see what I mean about the sunshine! I will be adding a couple of stock tanks for growing peppers to this part of the garden since it gets so hot here in summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18504\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-800x530.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-550x364.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-272x180.jpg 272w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-453x300.jpg 453w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_4196-1-755x500.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I dug out this photo from last summer to show a different point of view. Where I&#8217;m standing as I took this photo, is around where we were thinking the bee hives would go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18523\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5161-1-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In fact, we have to get a move on with this because we&#8217;re already putting together the components of the hives. I&#8217;ve got A LOT to talk about with regard to beekeeping but I&#8217;d like to dedicate\u00a0that subject to it&#8217;s own posts. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17437\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/tour-3-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to the garden and the future enclosure. Here&#8217;s another photo\u00a0some of you might remember from last April. Where I&#8217;m standing in this part of the garden is where the back line of the fence for this particular enclosure will go. Here are a few more angles&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18513\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5168-1-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18514\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5169-2-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18515\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5170-3-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>These photos were\u00a0taken just today. The plan is to clear more brush and then install a simple &#8220;farm fence&#8221; in between the azaleas and hemlocks, behind the hydrangeas and rhodies meeting up at the corner of the retaining wall. So, while much of this area is a graveled courtyard, there will still be plenty of forage for the chickies to do their thing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18505\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5133-5-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of chickens, here is a photo of the coop we are going to be using this year and it&#8217;s general placement. The enclosure we&#8217;re currently building will meet here with another gate. Remember what this part of the garden used to look like? <a href=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/essays\/home\/2016\/03\/30\/a-year-in-review-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">The horror<\/a>! Yes, we still need to finish the retaining wall and more will be done to predator proof the area. Anyhow, here&#8217;s the story on this coop, since I got a few questions about it on IG: We purchased it from the Home Depot website. It was initially painted barn red which, while cute, just wasn&#8217;t my thing, so out came the can of white paint. We had talked for months about buying coop plans and building one ourselves, knowing it would be a lot sturdier than a kit. However, there is literally just too much going on right now to add another project to our pile. This coop is more of a temporary solution until we can build something better and larger someday down the road. I do think it will be handy to have around, even when a bigger one is built, to use as a backup should any of the hens need to be isolated. We only plan to house 2-3 hens in here and they will free range from dawn to dusk, in case anyone is curious.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18507\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5137-1-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A smaller project recently completed was this cute &#8220;mesclun mix&#8221; cedar planter box Jesse built for me. I&#8217;m going to ask him to build a few more so I can do succession sowing in each one. These were so inexpensive and easy to put together. Anyone want the plans?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18516\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-800x530.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-550x364.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-272x180.jpg 272w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-453x300.jpg 453w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DSC_5566-1-755x500.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18517\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5171-4-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a few flowers coming up to remind us spring will be here, soon. It&#8217;s an exciting time! Hang on, as I type this, Albie is being a lunatic scaling the walls\u00a0and playfully attacking Pepper &amp; Lucy which they are not into. It&#8217;s been so long since I&#8217;ve had such a <del>wild tiger<\/del> young cat living with me it&#8217;s taking some getting used to. When will he calm down?!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18518\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"1244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-700x933.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-250x333.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-550x733.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-135x180.jpg 135w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5134-6-375x500.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK back to this post. I have to show you one of my new favorite mugs. Rose lovers, you can probably guess why <em>I had to have this<\/em>\u00a0when I saw it at the vintage shops.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18520\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-400x265.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-800x530.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-550x364.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-272x180.jpg 272w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-453x300.jpg 453w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jacques-Cartier-via-Hedgerow-Rose-1-of-1-755x500.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a hint&#8230; \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18508\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"933\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3.jpg 933w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-250x188.jpg 250w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-550x413.jpg 550w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-240x180.jpg 240w, https:\/\/hedgerowrose.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_5012-3-666x500.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sweet Eva sleeps right through the kitty-cat chaos. Until next time, friends!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two posts back-to-back, whaattt? Thank you for adding your fantastic gardening tips and advice in my last post. Keep &rsquo;em coming! 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