{"id":2521,"date":"2017-02-16T14:32:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T14:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2018-07-10T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T14:36:01","slug":"strawberry-struggles-feb-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=2521","title":{"rendered":"Strawberry Struggles &#8211; Feb 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you can see from former posts, we have struggled the last 6 months with trying to grow strawberries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=1926\" target=\"_blank\">Starting Strawberries Sept 2016<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=2125\" target=\"_blank\">Strawberries Oct 2016 The Saga Continues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=2075\" target=\"_blank\">Strawberries &#8211; 3rd Times a Charm?<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=2125\" target=\"_blank\">Ta-Da Strawberries! Nov 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We finally got the Sweet Charlies to grow, but it has been slow going since Nov 2016, the last 3 months.<br \/>\nAt least now our plants are starting to look much healthier and to put out flowers and fruit.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2522\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Sweet Charlies Feb 2017\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So what&#8217;s the issue now? \u00a0Nice big strawberries with huge bites taken out of them! \u00a0Rabbits? \u00a0Yes, or squirrels&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2523\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Rabbit height fencing - the answer?\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Strawberries_Feb2017_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Using the extra rabbit height electric fence we had left from the West Veggie Garden, \u00a0we enclosed the strawberry rows and hooked up to the Hilltop Pasture fence for power.<\/p>\n<p>Will we finally get strawberries? \u00a0Time will tell!<\/p>\n<p>Happy Homesteading,<\/p>\n<p>T.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1028\" src=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-e1484911911547.jpeg\" alt=\"Feather Pen Post\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-e1484911911547.jpeg 125w, https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/featherPen-e1484911911547-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you can see from former posts, we have struggled the last 6 months with trying to grow strawberries. Starting Strawberries Sept 2016 Strawberries Oct 2016 The Saga Continues Strawberries &#8211; 3rd Times a Charm? Ta-Da Strawberries! Nov 2016 We finally got the Sweet Charlies to grow, but it has been slow going since Nov &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/?p=2521\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strawberry Struggles &#8211; Feb 2017<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[78,71],"class_list":["post-2521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","tag-fruit","tag-strawberries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7igqH-EF","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"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=2521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bentpinefarm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}