{"id":7169,"date":"2016-09-08T16:29:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/?p=7169"},"modified":"2016-09-08T16:29:02","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T20:29:02","slug":"garden-status-2016-sept-03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/2016\/09\/garden-status-2016-sept-03\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Status 2016 Sept 03"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The worst of the heat and drought have almost given rise to cooler wetter conditions, but not quite yet.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105936.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105936-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_105936\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105936-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105936-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105936-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105936-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>This is raised bed #1, containing heirloom tomatos.  They are still mostly small and behind with many of the blossoms some weeks ago dying off.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105923.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105923-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_105923\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105923-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105923-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105923-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105923-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a> Raised Bed #2 also contains heirloom tomatos, these doing a little better.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103834-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_103834\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103834-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103834-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103834-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103834-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a> Raised Bed #4, having had garlic in the fall winter and spring, was harvested in July and then allowed us to transplant heirloom tomatos from pots, into the ground.  They are a good 2-3 weeks behind the rest of the tomatos but otherwise as doing ok.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103841.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103841-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_103841\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103841-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103841-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103841-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_103841-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a>Raised Bed #5 is mostly potatos.  Only a few varieties have died off with the others still bushy and hopefully growing large potatos.  There are a few scattered tomato plants here and there that are also doing ok.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105912.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105912-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_105912\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105912-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105912-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105912-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105912-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a> Raised Bed #7 also contain heirloom tomatos&#8230; and they are doing very well&#8230; lots and lots of greenery along with some good size tomatos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105907.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105907-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_105907\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105907-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105907-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105907-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105907-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a> Raised Bed #8 did hold the garlic bulbil project over the fall, winter and spring, and were also harvested in July.  Now there are late growth lettuce, radishes and a couple of strawberry plants transplanted in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105900.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105900-299x168.jpg\" alt=\"20160903_105900\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105900-299x168.jpg 299w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105900-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105900-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/20160903_105900-1023x575.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/a> Raised Bed #9 is also heirloom tomatos, many of which are the smaller variety like &#8220;sweetie&#8221; and have come along gangbusters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The worst of the heat and drought have almost given rise to cooler wetter conditions, but not quite yet. This is raised bed #1, containing heirloom tomatos. They are still mostly small and behind with many of the blossoms some weeks ago dying off. Raised Bed #2 also contains heirloom tomatos, these doing a little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-tomatos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7177,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7169\/revisions\/7177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starlightcascade.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}