{"id":3490,"date":"2026-01-18T14:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/?p=3490"},"modified":"2026-01-18T14:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:20:19","slug":"winter-garden-clean-up-planting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/2026\/01\/winter-garden-clean-up-planting\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Garden Clean Up Planting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I removed a lot of weeds and this is a great time to get rid of more of mint roots. Still paying for putting mint in the garden years later instead of an enclosed area. I then planted some thyme, collard greens, snow peas and social garlic to prevent varmints from chewing on my plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These plants will go along with my plants doing well in the winter of mustard greens, Brussels sprouts, cilantro, Swiss chard, Bok Choi, rosemary, marjoram, oregano,peppermint sage, lavender and remaining peppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" data-attachment-id=\"3484\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/img_3086-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/img_3086.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/img_3090.jpg?w=1860 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lavender, Brussel sprouts, social garlic, rosemary and newly planted collards.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"827\" data-attachment-id=\"3489\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/img_3091-jpg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/img_3091.jpg?fit=1500%2C2000\" data-orig-size=\"1500,2000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14 Pro 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Still paying for putting mint in the garden years later instead of an enclosed area. I then planted some thyme, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/2026\/01\/winter-garden-clean-up-planting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3486,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,1320],"tags":[1367,1287,967,1366,117,585,1295,227,531,201,1368],"class_list":["post-3490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food","category-home-projects","category-outdoors","tag-bok-choi","tag-brussels-sprouts","tag-cilantro","tag-marjoram","tag-mustard-greens","tag-oregano","tag-peppermint-sage","tag-peppers","tag-rosemary","tag-swiss-chard","tag-winter-garden-clean-up-planting"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/01\/img_3087.jpg?fit=2000%2C1500","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3493,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490\/revisions\/3493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dhoytt.com\/mainblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}