{"id":4569,"date":"2010-05-24T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=4569"},"modified":"2010-05-27T14:55:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T22:55:42","slug":"springtime-herbs-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/?p=4569","title":{"rendered":"Springtime Herbs & Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year I just couldn\u2019t wait to rush down to our local nursery to buy herbs for my window boxes. It was still quite chilly and windy that day but a few days later, true Spring weather began, to my relief. Herbs are so thirsty for water; they practically should be watered daily and of course they enjoy as much sun as they can soak in! I bought a variety of mints (planned for teas), chives, lavender, parsley, etc.\u00a0 Someone recommended to grow cilantro and arugula from seeds.\u00a0 They are gradually growing but really behind the curve so I’m a little anxious and hope they will turn out okay.\u00a0 Of course I’d rather see them flourish.\u00a0 I’m always so happy at the sight of the first little blooms after winter.\u00a0 My crocuses and hyacinths are always the first ones to return.\u00a0 There’s nothing quite like looking out the window and spotting an exciting new bloom.\u00a0 This year was especially a treat because my lilac plant of five years finally had its very first flower.\u00a0 I’m still waiting for the peonies to bloom.\u00a0 They will eventually…\u00a0 Patience.\u00a0 I know they will.<\/p>\n

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This year I just couldn\u2019t wait to rush down to our local nursery to buy herbs for my window boxes. It was still quite chilly and windy that day but a few days later, true Spring weather began, to my relief. Herbs are so thirsty for water; they practically should be watered daily and of … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[1122,1120,1121],"class_list":["post-4569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-garden","tag-garden","tag-herb","tag-window-boxes"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4569"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4576,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4569\/revisions\/4576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nycupcake.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}