{"id":3566,"date":"2026-05-04T14:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/?p=3566"},"modified":"2026-05-04T14:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T21:09:10","slug":"the-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/the-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<div draggable=\"false\">The other day, I spent some time showing Gnomey the gardens. Tim has an interesting way of laying out the gardens in a spiral. Starting from the center he can expand the garden by continuing to enlarge the spiral.<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3653\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Garden-2026-05-04-075323-e1777908418571.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"344\" height=\"228\"><\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">Tim works in the garden nearly every day and Annalena works there a lot as well. At this time of year they is preparing the gardens for planting, pruning trees and plants and endless other chores (not chores for them).<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3665\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120219-Small-rotated-e1777912740794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120219-Small-rotated-e1777912740794.jpg 479w, https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120219-Small-rotated-e1777912740794-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120219-Small-rotated-e1777912740794-342x300.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">Things have changed since our previous trip, including one area encircled by spruce trees and another by cypress trees. The latter will be eventually will become a meditation circle. Gnomey wanted to look it over for its potential, and he approves.<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">\n<div id=\"attachment_3666\" style=\"width: 215px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3666\" class=\"wp-image-3666 \" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120503-Small-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"270\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spruce Circle<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3662\" style=\"width: 217px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3662\" class=\"wp-image-3662 \" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_115941-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"158\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-3662\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cypress Circle<\/p><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3663\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120000-Small-rotated-e1777912963950.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120000-Small-rotated-e1777912963950.jpg 370w, https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260423_120000-Small-rotated-e1777912963950-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">For my Eastern Washington relatives, you&#8217;ll be interested to know that outside of Tim&#8217;s garden, this is grain country. In spite of the fact that it is about 800 miles further north than Washington, wheat is a major crop here. Also rye, barley, oats, and rapeseed (canola). Tim and Annalena can see this wheat field out their kitchen window. The sprouts were barely showing when I arrived, but have grown several inches since I took the picture.<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3669\" src=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260426_112253-Small-Small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260426_112253-Small-Small.jpg 640w, https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260426_112253-Small-Small-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/20260426_112253-Small-Small-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div draggable=\"false\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class='watch-action'><div class='watch-position align-left'><div class='action-like'><a class='lbg-style1 like-3566 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='like' data-post_id='3566' data-nonce='ed2a85f0c2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Like' \/><span class='lc-3566 lc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class='action-unlike'><a class='unlbg-style1 unlike-3566 jlk' href='javascript:void(0)' data-task='unlike' data-post_id='3566' data-nonce='ed2a85f0c2' rel='nofollow'><img class='wti-pixel' src='https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wti-like-post\/images\/pixel.gif' title='Unlike' \/><span class='unlc-3566 unlc'>0<\/span><\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class='status-3566 status align-left'><\/div><\/div><div class='wti-clear'><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The other day, I spent some time showing Gnomey the gardens. Tim has an interesting way of laying out the gardens in a spiral. Starting from the center he can expand the garden by continuing to enlarge the spiral. &nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/the-gardens\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activities","category-news","category-people","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3566"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3672,"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3566\/revisions\/3672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daideo.com\/elusiveblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}