{"id":515,"date":"2016-07-27T14:11:31","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T18:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2016-08-12T14:14:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T18:14:29","slug":"its-a-long-hot-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"It’s a long, hot summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe how long it’s been since we had any substantial rain.\u00a0 Thank goodness we have the drip irrigation in the main garden and the raised beds:<\/p>\n

\"Main<\/p>\n

\"Raised<\/p>\n

For the first time in ages, the cucumbers are actually doing something, and will bear fruit:<\/p>\n

\"Cucumber
Lush cucumbers, dead lawn behind them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Powder mold, squash beetles and other environmental factors have contributed to the lackluster performance over the last few years.\u00a0 It’s been a while since I’ve been able to make homemade pickles.\u00a0 That might be changing this year.<\/p>\n

Of course, we’re still being supervised:<\/p>\n

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I love hard work, I could watch it all day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The nicest thing about this cat is that he wants 5-10 very intense minutes of your attention, and then he moves off to stalk birds or mice or just snooze a bit.\u00a0 We were commenting the other day about our luck in getting neighborhood cats that actually give us the time of day.\u00a0 Even better when they keep away the destructive pests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I can’t believe how long it’s been since we had any substantial rain.\u00a0 Thank goodness we have the drip irrigation in the main garden and the raised beds: For the first time in ages, the cucumbers are actually doing something, and will bear fruit: Powder mold, squash beetles and other environmental factors have contributed to … Continue reading It’s a long, hot summer<\/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":[58,6,77,32,35,30],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3f8I6-8j","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515"}],"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=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":528,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cocktailfarmers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}