{"id":10089,"date":"2012-05-11T14:09:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=10089"},"modified":"2012-05-11T14:09:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:09:45","slug":"veggies-growing-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/05\/veggies-growing-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Veggies Growing Well"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The veggies are all coming on well. The purple sprouting broccoli is providing us with plenty of delicious purple florets that are not only tasty but have to bee good for us too.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10090\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/broccoli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10090\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10090\" title=\"Purple Sprouting Broccoli\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/broccoli-480x360.jpg\" alt=\"Purple Sprouting Broccoli\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/broccoli-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/broccoli-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/broccoli.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purple Sprouting Broccoli<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The wind isn&#8217;t helping the beans at the moment, but if the courgettes continue as they are at the moment we will be overrun with them soon. Hopefully the other veggies we have on order will arrive soon and the garden will be feeding us all summer long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The veggies are all coming on well. The purple sprouting broccoli is providing us with plenty of delicious purple florets that are not only tasty but have to bee good for us too. 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