{"id":108702,"date":"2026-03-30T17:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108702"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:27:13","slug":"clippings-late-march-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108702","title":{"rendered":"clippings late March 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Long Beach garden is throwing a low-key sendoff, mainly with the blooming of Geranium maderense &#8216;Alba.&#8217;  It is almost distracting enough to take my mind off the delayed cutback urgently needed right now in the Oregon garden &#8212; possibly needed weeks ago.  Neighbors blithely emailed that a large branch from their tree fell into our garden, oops! and another section of fence is failing, so any distraction is welcome.  I can&#8217;t help contrasting this drowsy, relaxed spring in Long Beach with the time-sensitive rush of things to do in Oregon when we return mid-April &#8212;  can&#8217;t wait to get started!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s4VfCW\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55178308174_b5fcbbe028_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4641\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This biennial has been reseeding in the garden since its introduction here in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s4knL8\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55171698331_5660389b52_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4589\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s3V8YY\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55166969292_0a4b22f7eb_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4567\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s4Tyjq\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55177977428_240410c8a9_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4606\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-photo is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2s4VzfG\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55178370800_bf03e69836_z.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4620\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Marty getting irrigation sorted off the pergola<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new experiment involves rigging sprinklers on timers for 20 minutes every four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between the upcoming move and the devastating news cycle&#8230;yikes, I&#8217;ll say no more.  Hope you&#8217;re managing as well as possible too.  Take care, more soon.  AGO<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Long Beach garden is throwing a low-key sendoff, mainly with the blooming of Geranium maderense &#8216;Alba.&#8217; It is almost distracting enough to take my mind off the delayed cutback urgently needed right now in the Oregon garden &#8212; possibly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=108702\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[2281,550,5120],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paNJ2E-shg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108702"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=108702"}],"version-history":[{"count":51,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108702\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108814,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108702\/revisions\/108814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=108702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=108702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=108702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}