{"id":6866,"date":"2013-10-24T10:57:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T14:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=6866"},"modified":"2013-10-24T10:57:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T14:57:03","slug":"another-round-of-planting-cycles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2013\/10\/24\/another-round-of-planting-cycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Another round of planting cycles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The last cutting of flowers that will bloom again come spring. (photo: Lucy Martin)<\/p><\/div>\n

Here we are. It’s the tail end of October. There was real frost in my yard overnight. Yesterday’s cheery stand of zinnias visible from my office window is now a drooping, huddled mass of olive-green. (You know the color, the one that says “There’s no bouncing back now. I am dead.”)<\/p>\n

Frost-killed annuals mean it’s time for other tasks. This was a good year for garlic in my garden. I have quite a lot to plant now, so next year will be even bigger and better – conditions permitting.<\/p>\n

The Ottawa Citizen reports workers are toiling away to sink some 260,000 Tulip Festival bulbs<\/a> in the beds that draw throngs of admirers each May. (That’s a lot of bulbs, can you imagine the back-aches and tired wrists?)<\/p>\n

Most gardeners can attest that back-timing and prep work pays off.<\/p>\n

The view from my window also includes squirrels and chipmunks darting about as they gather and stash essential winter sustenance.<\/p>\n

Here in the Ottawa region I can listen to the whole NCPR team pulling together to plant bulbs and gather nuts too. Your contributions feed the station<\/a><\/strong>. It’s listener support that makes audio flowers bloom, year after year.<\/p>\n

Keep the bounty coming. We’ll need lots of radio company in the winter months ahead. Thanks to everyone’s efforts it’ll be another bumper crop of “stories, music, life.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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