{"id":977,"date":"2010-08-13T14:48:52","date_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itfarmer.wordpress.com\/?p=977"},"modified":"2010-08-13T14:48:52","modified_gmt":"2010-08-13T18:48:52","slug":"cucumbers-and-okra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=977","title":{"rendered":"Cucumbers and Okra"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_978\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/cucumber.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"size-full wp-image-978\" title=\"Boston Pickling Cucumber\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/cucumber.png\" alt=\"Boston Pickling Cucumber\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boston Pickling Cucumber<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying a second planting of Cucumbers, as the plants that went in from seed this spring have stopped growing, and the vines are dying. I have way too many cucumbers at this point, but soon, they will either be pickled, eaten or they will wither away.\u00a0 In the past I&#8217;ve mainly tried to extend the season by starting early, but this year I am trying to build on my skills by pressing the boundaries of fall. I&#8217;m hoping the plants will grow cucumbers up until the fall frost takes them away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_979\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/okra.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-979\" class=\"size-full wp-image-979\" title=\"Okra\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itfarmersblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/import\/okra.png\" alt=\"Okra\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Okra<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here is an Okra plant, complete with the potential for three vegetables. I have learned that Okra originated from Africa, and is grown in three major areas: South Asia, Central Africa, and to a lesser extent, Europe. I was a bit disappointed to find out that Okra cooks into a slimy texture, but I&#8217;m still eager to try it out. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Okra\">Here&#8217;s some more information for those interested.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m trying a second planting of Cucumbers, as the plants that went in from seed this spring have stopped growing, and the vines are dying. I have way too many cucumbers at this point, but soon, they will either be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/?p=977\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,80],"tags":[242,425],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/itfarmersblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}