{"id":429,"date":"2015-07-27T18:58:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?page_id=429"},"modified":"2016-09-19T21:35:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T21:35:42","slug":"the-orchard","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?page_id=429","title":{"rendered":"The Orchard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=1937\">orchard blog post<\/a> from Sept 2016<\/p>\n<p>********************************<\/p>\n<p>Here we are in 2016.  A new orchard planting in front&#8230;peaches, pears, lowquat, and a persimmon tree that refuses to start anything.<\/p>\n<p>*Update on the Front Orchard persimmon.  We cut it back and it is leafing out.  Yay!<\/p>\n<p>************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>So, don&#8217;t laugh&#8230;we only got one apple the first year. Here it is&#8230;a Fuji. Lily was in charge of picking it, and it tasted good!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-429 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=344'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0935-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0935-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0935-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=345'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0936-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0936-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0936-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?attachment_id=343'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0934-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0934-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0934-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>We also have raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, papaya, and avocado. Nothing from any of them yet&#8230;be patient.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1216.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-498\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1216-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1216\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1216-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1216-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1216-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1216-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1217.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-497\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1217-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Make 'Sorrell' out fo the flowers\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1217-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1217-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1217-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_1217-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the Hibiscus plant. \u00a0 We use the dried flowers to make sorrell, a very tart red-colored drink that contains melatonin. \u00a0It is an annual and very sensitive to cold (doesn&#8217;t like an unheated greenhouse), so we start over every year. \u00a0If you can&#8217;t grow your own, you can order the hibiscus flowers from amazon; \u00a0we have also found them in a local ethnic grocery store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link to the orchard blog post from Sept 2016 ******************************** Here we are in 2016. A new orchard planting in front&#8230;peaches, pears, lowquat, and a persimmon tree that refuses to start anything. *Update on the Front Orchard persimmon. We cut it back and it is leafing out. Yay! ************************************************************ So, don&#8217;t laugh&#8230;we only got one &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?page_id=429\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Orchard<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1097,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-429","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P7igqH-6V","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/429\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}