{"id":32872,"date":"2020-03-23T10:20:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=32872"},"modified":"2020-03-23T10:22:10","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T10:22:10","slug":"self-isolating-in-the-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Isolating in the Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You saw my attempts at social distancing yesterday with a nice surf-ski paddle on the sea miles from anyone.<\/a> Luckily we can self-isolate in the garden too. It was feeling quite Spring-like out there over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sun was shining, I mowed the lawn for the first time this year and there was quite a bit of life in the garden. It was still quite chilly but not too bad in the sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Mowed Lawn<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

I managed to get a few things tidied up and looking respectable but as ever there is lots to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The lawn needs some attention this year that’s for sure. It is mainly moss at the moment so part of our period of self-isolation here at home might involve a fair bit of raking! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also checked in on the bees the previous week and was pleased to see that we still had a colony in each of the two hives that have been over-wintering at the bottom of the garden. I think the hardware could do with some attention and a lick of paint when we get the chance. I fed the bees with sugar syrup but hadn’t seen much life from them since due mainly to the weather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Bee Hives at the Bottom of the Garden<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

This weekend however there was finally some life at the entrance of the hives as bees were venturing out for the first time this year. A sure sign that the short, cold and windy days of winter might well be almost behind us. No doubt to be replaced by slightly longer but still just as cold and windy days of summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Bees and the Entrance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere in Self-isolation news, the ‘hoo-ha’ (I’ve never used that word in this blog before!) over the sudden influx of visitors to the area has died down somewhat. All the caravan parks have now closed their doors and there’s even a sign on the Golf Course Car Park telling people to go home! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/a>
Go Home!!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are still a few tourists around but nothing like the Bank Holiday scenes we had here on Saturday. I’ve been busy updating many of my clients websites too with notices about ‘Coronavirus Closures’ and revised opening hours – All free of charge I hasten to add as that seems only fair at the moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You saw my attempts at social distancing yesterday with a nice surf-ski paddle on the sea miles from anyone. Luckily we can self-isolate in the garden too. It was feeling quite Spring-like out there over the weekend. The sun was shining, I mowed the lawn for the first time this year and there was quite...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1312,"featured_media":32882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[672,94],"tags":[1517,1665,1479],"class_list":["post-32872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beekeeping","category-gardening","tag-beekeeping","tag-coronavirus","tag-garden"],"yoast_head":"\nSelf-Isolating in the Garden - A Simple Life of Luxury<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Self-Isolating in the Garden - A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You saw my attempts at social distancing yesterday with a nice surf-ski paddle on the sea miles from anyone. Luckily we can self-isolate in the garden too. It was feeling quite Spring-like out there over the weekend. The sun was shining, I mowed the lawn for the first time this year and there was quite...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"A Simple Life of Luxury\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-23T10:20:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-03-23T10:22:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"950\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"713\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alan Cole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@justalcole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@justalcole\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alan Cole\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Alan Cole\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"headline\":\"Self-Isolating in the Garden\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-23T10:20:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-23T10:22:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":398,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Primroses.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Beekeeping\",\"Coronavirus\",\"Garden\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Beekeeping\",\"Gardening\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/\",\"name\":\"Self-Isolating in the Garden - A Simple Life of Luxury\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Primroses.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-23T10:20:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-03-23T10:22:10+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Primroses.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/Primroses.jpg\",\"width\":950,\"height\":713},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/2020\\\/03\\\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Self-Isolating in the Garden\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"A Simple Life of Luxury\",\"description\":\"Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372\",\"name\":\"Alan Cole\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\",\"width\":950,\"height\":713,\"caption\":\"Alan Cole\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/06\\\/Selfie.jpg\"},\"description\":\"Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pixelwave.co.uk\",\"http:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/justal\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/justalcole\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alananna.co.uk\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/justal123\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Self-Isolating in the Garden - A Simple Life of Luxury","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Self-Isolating in the Garden - A Simple Life of Luxury","og_description":"You saw my attempts at social distancing yesterday with a nice surf-ski paddle on the sea miles from anyone. Luckily we can self-isolate in the garden too. It was feeling quite Spring-like out there over the weekend. The sun was shining, I mowed the lawn for the first time this year and there was quite...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/","og_site_name":"A Simple Life of Luxury","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","article_author":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","article_published_time":"2020-03-23T10:20:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-03-23T10:22:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":950,"height":713,"url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Alan Cole","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@justalcole","twitter_site":"@justalcole","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alan Cole","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/"},"author":{"name":"Alan Cole","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"headline":"Self-Isolating in the Garden","datePublished":"2020-03-23T10:20:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-23T10:22:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/"},"wordCount":398,"commentCount":2,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg","keywords":["Beekeeping","Coronavirus","Garden"],"articleSection":["Beekeeping","Gardening"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/","name":"Self-Isolating in the Garden - A Simple Life of Luxury","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-23T10:20:06+00:00","dateModified":"2020-03-23T10:22:10+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg","width":950,"height":713},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/03\/self-isolating-in-the-garden\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Self-Isolating in the Garden"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"A Simple Life of Luxury","description":"Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/45ecde6c89b31a9e21f97fdde4c21372","name":"Alan Cole","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg","width":950,"height":713,"caption":"Alan Cole"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Selfie.jpg"},"description":"Alan is a Freelance Website Designer, Sports & Exercise Science Lab Technician and full time Dad & husband with far too many hobbies: Triathlete, Swimming, Cycling, Running, MTBing, Surfing, Windsurfing, SUPing, Gardening, Photography.... The list goes on.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.pixelwave.co.uk","http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/justal\/","https:\/\/x.com\/justalcole"],"url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/author\/justal123\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Primroses.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1312"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32872"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32888,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32872\/revisions\/32888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}