{"id":4065,"date":"2014-03-13T20:19:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T03:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2014-03-16T20:30:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T03:30:51","slug":"bat-guano-and-the-garden-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/bat-guano-and-the-garden-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Bat Guano and the Garden Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I make a trip to the nursery a couple times a month for plants and supplies in the spring.  On occasion when I check out I ask for a &#8220;bat guano infested bag of soil amendment&#8221;.  Most of the time they respond, you want &#8220;Bumper Crop&#8221; to which I reply yes.  <\/p>\n<p>Who would have thought I would be mixing bat guano in with the garden soil.  Then again, I built a bat house almost 20 years ago and have never had a bat come and stay for a night.  If I had a bat house full of bats, I would have a ready made supply of bat guano.  I am sure Elizabeth would rather ride in a wheel barrow with a bag of bat guano infested bag of soil amendment as opposed to a wheel barrow of bat guano.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_165453e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_165453e-430x264.jpg\" alt=\"20140311_165453e\" width=\"430\" height=\"264\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_165453e-430x264.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_165453e-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_165453e-150x92.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_165453e-400x245.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today the Garden Queen and I planted a basil and a red bell pepper plant.  We also planted a row of beets and a row of carrots.  We will wait a month on plant the other two rows.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_172807e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_172807e-430x286.jpg\" alt=\"20140311_172807e\" width=\"430\" height=\"286\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_172807e-430x286.jpg 430w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_172807e-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_172807e-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gdpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/20140311_172807e-400x266.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 430px) 100vw, 430px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>As for why I call her the Garden Queen, she is a lot cuter than a gnome.  We also have a lot of fun playing in the dirt.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I make a trip to the nursery a couple times a month for plants and supplies in the spring. On occasion when I check out I ask for a &#8220;bat guano infested bag of soil amendment&#8221;. 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