{"id":18751,"date":"2024-06-28T19:40:58","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T18:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18751"},"modified":"2024-06-29T11:00:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T10:00:08","slug":"home-garden-further-pond-work-gravelling-edges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18751","title":{"rendered":"HOME &amp; GARDEN: Further Pond Work &#8211; Gravelling Edges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4918-1024x547.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18749\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4918-1024x547.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4918-300x160.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4918-768x410.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4918-1536x820.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4918.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today we went to a place on the other side of town, where some local folk were giving away gravel. I thought it\u2019d be good for the pond. So I went a got a load (four gardening tubs full).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4920-1024x559.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4920-1024x559.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4920-300x164.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4920-768x419.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4920-1536x839.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/img_4920.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I reckon it looks the part. And I\u2019m pretty pleased with it. Maybe a couple more tubs worth? and it\u2019ll be done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"-1188936653\" src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/AFE97DA2-9F8A-407E-9CBE-1211EBBD530C\/tmp\/org.automattic.MediaImageServiceSymlinks\/thumbnail-a9dfa833-187a-45fa-84e6-3039744b8423-750x1000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image--1188936653\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"-115194828\" src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/AFE97DA2-9F8A-407E-9CBE-1211EBBD530C\/tmp\/org.automattic.MediaImageServiceSymlinks\/thumbnail-3c95094e-4fbe-4f2f-9b1d-6333fa342503-750x1000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image--115194828\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"958546997\" src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/AFE97DA2-9F8A-407E-9CBE-1211EBBD530C\/tmp\/org.automattic.MediaImageServiceSymlinks\/thumbnail-ff54a82d-9218-4dcd-b21d-1dd179cac490-750x1000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-958546997\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"2032288822\" src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/AFE97DA2-9F8A-407E-9CBE-1211EBBD530C\/tmp\/org.automattic.MediaImageServiceSymlinks\/thumbnail-b740d24e-8645-4e8e-a1c9-a007ea7f1c62-750x1000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2032288822\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"-1188936649\" src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/AFE97DA2-9F8A-407E-9CBE-1211EBBD530C\/tmp\/org.automattic.MediaImageServiceSymlinks\/thumbnail-49fc613c-467d-40b4-9794-d5cc24b0df49-750x1000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image--1188936649\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"-115194824\" src=\"file:\/\/\/private\/var\/mobile\/Containers\/Data\/Application\/AFE97DA2-9F8A-407E-9CBE-1211EBBD530C\/tmp\/org.automattic.MediaImageServiceSymlinks\/thumbnail-f27bd703-ede9-45c5-8f29-1bd932a80212-750x1000.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image--115194824\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A little gallery of garden stuff, looking pretty. The roses are bloomin\u2019 borgeous! Then we have poppies. I\u2019ll be sewing a ton more poppy seeds in due course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of these are a source of much needed solace and even, dare I say it? joy. One of the things that makes me happiest is the final efflorescence of white umbellifers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are they native cow-parsley? Or are they the stuff I bought and sowed seeds with? I guess I can try \u2018google lens\u2019, and see what it makes of them. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we went to a place on the other side of town, where some local folk were giving away gravel. I thought it\u2019d be good for the pond. So I went a got a load (four gardening tubs full). I reckon it looks the part. And I\u2019m pretty pleased with it. Maybe a couple more &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=18751\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HOME &amp; GARDEN: Further Pond Work &#8211; Gravelling Edges&#8221;<\/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_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-4Sr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18751"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18751"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18751\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18754,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18751\/revisions\/18754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}