{"id":419,"date":"2014-07-17T12:27:59","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T16:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/?p=419"},"modified":"2014-07-17T12:27:59","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T16:27:59","slug":"first-harvests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/?p=419","title":{"rendered":"First harvests"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been spending my spare time weeding, rather than posting on this blog, for which I apologize.\u00a0 I find this the longest time of the year, when everything is growing merrily (especially the weeds) but there is nothing to pick and enjoy.\u00a0 But that is starting to change.\u00a0 First up:<\/p>\n

\"Turnips<\/a>
Turnips and lettuce<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This year we are growing the same lettuce mix we purchased from Pinetree last year, and it is doing equally well.\u00a0 We have a new type of turnip, an Asian-style that you pick while they are still fairly small.\u00a0 I have been trying to correct my less-than-stellar thinning efforts from earlier in the season by picking ones that are too close to other ones.\u00a0 We only have a small row of them – about five feet across – so I am picking them for meals as we need them.<\/p>\n

Yesterday was very exciting, because this is what was harvested:<\/p>\n

\"Summer<\/a>
Summer squash, banana peppers, sungold tomato<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh yes, your eyes do not deceive you – that is the first sungold tomato of the season.\u00a0 J picked it and brought it in for me to enjoy – what a generous guy.\u00a0 I think I surprised him when I cut it in half to share.\u00a0 That’s very unlike me, where sungolds are concerned.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The precioussssssss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile, our search for a substitute pet continues:<\/p>\n

\"Not<\/a>
Not as cute as a cat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I really couldn’t tell if the toad was closing his eyes because he was relaxed, or he expected imminent death and didn’t want to see it coming.<\/p>\n

We maybe need something with fur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have been spending my spare time weeding, rather than posting on this blog, for which I apologize.\u00a0 I find this the longest time of the year, when everything is growing merrily (especially the weeds) but there is nothing to pick and enjoy.\u00a0 But that is starting to change.\u00a0 First up: This year we are … Continue reading First harvests<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sharing_disabled":false,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[68,6,69,26,30,61,45],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3f8I6-6L","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":425,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419\/revisions\/425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}