{"id":939,"date":"2020-05-30T09:47:32","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T16:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/?page_id=939"},"modified":"2020-05-30T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T16:47:32","slug":"june-plants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/ms-askew\/june-plants\/","title":{"rendered":"June Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>One thing I will take away from this physical distancing and staying home is the appreciation of the plants growing in my yard. I started some experiments.\u00a0 Some worked some were failures. I started with trying to grow an avocado seed. After 11 weeks this is what it looked like:<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_1070\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1070\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1070 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_0620-e1590508961913-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_0620-e1590508961913-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_0620-e1590508961913.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1070\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Start and Finish of an Avocado Seed<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>So that was the failure. But this, &#8220;Can I grow things?&#8221; led to other tries; celery stalks. Can you grow them from the stalk you leave behind after you cut off the long stalks to eat?\u00a0 Look below was it a success or failure?<\/h3>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-542 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 640px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-image-viewer foogallery-link-image foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-image-viewer fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-542\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;loop&quot;:true}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fiv-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a 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class=\"fiv-ctrls\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fiv-prev\"><span>Prev<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<label class=\"fiv-count\"><span class=\"fiv-count-current\">1<\/span>of<span class=\"fiv-count-total\">5<\/span><\/label>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fiv-next\"><span>Next<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Since I was going to be home for hours on end I thought I would revive my garden. I noticed potato volunteers.\u00a0 Now I know what some of you are thinking, &#8220;Volunteer potatoes, what does that mean?&#8221; In years past I have planted potatoes and then harvested them in the fall. Any potatoes I miss during the harvest will grow the next year.\u00a0 All the potatoes in my garden are from previous years, they have &#8220;volunteered&#8221; to grow.\u00a0 I thought I had dug them all up but obviously not.<\/h3>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t#foogallery-gallery-1087 .fg-image {\r\n        width: 640px;\r\n    }\r\n<\/style>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"foogallery foogallery-container foogallery-image-viewer foogallery-link-image foogallery-lightbox-foobox fg-center fg-image-viewer fg-light fg-border-thin fg-shadow-outline fg-loading-default fg-loaded-fade-in fg-caption-hover fg-hover-fade fg-hover-zoom fg-ready\" id=\"foogallery-gallery-1087\" data-foogallery=\"{&quot;item&quot;:{&quot;showCaptionTitle&quot;:true,&quot;showCaptionDescription&quot;:true},&quot;lazy&quot;:true,&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;loop&quot;:true}}\" >\r\n\t<div class=\"fiv-inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-inner-container\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure 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src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22640%22%20height%3D%22360%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20640%20360%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_1458.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1058\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/cache\/2020\/05\/IMG_1458\/3626500131.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22640%22%20height%3D%22360%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20640%20360%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fg-item fg-type-image fg-idle\"><figure class=\"fg-item-inner\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/2020\/05\/IMG_1669-e1590508429577.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"1073\" class=\"fg-thumb\"><span class=\"fg-image-wrap\"><img width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"skip-lazy fg-image\" data-src-fg=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/files\/cache\/2020\/05\/IMG_1669-e1590508429577\/3807379281.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22640%22%20height%3D%22360%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20640%20360%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" loading=\"eager\"><\/span><span class=\"fg-image-overlay\"><\/span><\/a><figcaption class=\"fg-caption\"><div class=\"fg-caption-inner\"><\/div><\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"fg-loader\"><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<div class=\"fiv-ctrls\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fiv-prev\"><span>Prev<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<label class=\"fiv-count\"><span class=\"fiv-count-current\">1<\/span>of<span class=\"fiv-count-total\">5<\/span><\/label>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fiv-next\"><span>Next<\/span><\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<h2>Below are some great books about plants. Have a read or listen to what they have to say.<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/unite\/plantsandfood\/book?BookId=1744\">Life of a Seed<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/unite\/plantsandfood\/book?BookId=1294\">Flowers<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/unite\/plantsandfood\/book?BookId=168\">Fruits<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/unite\/plantsandfood\/book?BookId=1778\">Our Good Food<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/unite\/plantsandfood\/book?BookId=15\">Dandelion Days<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/unite\/plantsandfood\/book?BookId=80\">Garden Giants<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uniteforliteracy.com\/biggreen\/greenbooks\/book?BookId=1652\">I can eat a whole plant!<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One thing I will take away from this physical distancing and staying home is the appreciation of the plants growing in my yard. I started some experiments.\u00a0 Some worked some were failures. I started with trying to grow an avocado seed. After 11 weeks this is what it looked like: So that was the failure. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10019,"featured_media":0,"parent":12,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/939"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10019"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1135,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/939\/revisions\/1135"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/askewe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}