{"id":4092,"date":"2019-06-10T18:59:18","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T23:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2019-06-15T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T19:52:57","slug":"92-june-12-2019-preparing-the-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/2019\/06\/10\/92-june-12-2019-preparing-the-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"#92 &ndash; June 12, 2019 &ndash; Preparing the Soil!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;\">\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Dear Friends,<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A lot of planning and preparation goes into establishing a large garden, and the dera gardening volunteers have been at it for months.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Back in the gloomy days of winter, they created a (long!) list of vegetables to grow this year, and ordered the seeds.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When the time was right, each variety of vegetable seed was planted in a container, and nurtured through the late winter and spring. The result is many hundreds of sturdy little seedlings that have been given every possible advantage (rich potting soil, water, nutrients, warmth, sunshine, and TLC!) to prepare them for life in a northern Wisconsin garden.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/1-Dera-2019-Susannes-starter-plants-1.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/2-Dera-2019-Susannes-starter-plants.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A volunteer loving his work tilling the rich soil in Ishwar\u2019s garden.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/4-Dera-2019-Barry-rototilling.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">More tilling \u2026.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Dera-2019-Sasi-tilling.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">There was a lot of soil to till!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/5-Dera-2019-Barry-fell-in-love-with-rototiller.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Rewarded with a rest under the lovely garden pine tree, after hours of tilling.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/5-Dera-2019-Barry-on-break.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">And then, barrows full of rich, dark compost are prepared for the garden.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/6-Dera-2019-planting-broccoli.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Each plant will get a carefully prepared mound of compost to call home.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ishanews.org\/ishwarsprojects2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/7-Dera-2019-Tanya-spacing-plants.jpg\" width=\"398\"><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In the next blog, it\u2019s time to plant those happy little seedlings!<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">With warmest regards,<\/span><br class=\"\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Paul Bauer<\/span><br class=\"\"><span class=\"\" style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Chair of ISHA Building &amp; Fund-Raising Committee<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Dear Friends, A lot of planning and preparation goes into establishing a large garden, and the dera gardening volunteers have been at it for months. &nbsp; Back in the gloomy days of winter, they created a (long!) list of vegetables to grow this year, and ordered the seeds. 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