{"id":1675,"date":"2014-06-17T17:02:43","date_gmt":"2014-06-17T17:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2014-06-17T17:02:43","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T17:02:43","slug":"17-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"17 June"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been up to:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1676\" alt=\"the front garden\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00012.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00012.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00012-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The front garden is looking more and more like a garden.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1677\" alt=\"sweet peas\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0002.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0002.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0002-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sweet peas are smelling sweet, as they were intended to do.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1678\" alt=\"caravan garden\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0003.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The plants in the caravan planters are hesitant to put on weight, but then they&#8217;re quite new still. There are flowers on the tomato plants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1679\" alt=\"Rose Albertine\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00041.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00041.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00041-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Albertine rose is in its first full on flowering. I hope it lasts a long time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1680\" alt=\"path to the sleeping pod\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00051.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00051.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00051-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sleeping pod, which is Alec&#8217;s bed for tonight, since his caravan is full of volunteers from abroad, has a path and some steps.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1681\" alt=\"front door of sleeping pod\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00061.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00061.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00061-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And a front door made from the front of a knackered tent Antony gave us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1682\" alt=\"blueberries\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0007.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0007.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0007-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The blueberry crop is looking very promising.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1683\" alt=\"watering the garden\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0008.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0008.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT0008-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lea&#8217;s giving the garden a good watering as I write. Some things are thriving and some things are looking a little sorry for themselves. That&#8217;s gardening, I guess.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1684\" alt=\"building the stone wall\" src=\"http:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00091.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00091.jpg 640w, https:\/\/donatedhouse.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/PICT00091-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And, excitingly, progress is being made on the curved wall of the drive. Gerhard, the German volunteer, is doing a great job with it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So here&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve been up to: The front garden is looking more and more like a garden. The sweet peas are smelling sweet, as they were intended to do. 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