{"id":370,"date":"2011-02-28T20:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gsu.eventmedialabs.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2015-07-21T01:02:17","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T00:02:17","slug":"the-realities-of-growing-vegetables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/the-realities-of-growing-vegetables\/","title":{"rendered":"The realities of growing vegetables&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13358\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/the-realities-of-growing-vegetables\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"400,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"greenside up overgrown garden\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden.jpg?fit=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-13358 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden.jpg?resize=400%2C300\" alt=\"greenside up overgrown garden\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden.jpg?w=400&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/greensideup.ie\/media\/greenside-up-overgrown-garden.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>Just in case you\u00a0think I have the perfect vegetable garden, I&#8217;m sharing this photo one and one time only&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>I really should listen to my own advice sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>I have a shed load of cardboard that I saved to cover it last autumn but just didn&#8217;t get around to it (it would have taken a few minutes). I now have to clear this\u00a0and cover it with loads of well rotted manure ready for the\u00a0spuds that are chitting in my bedroom\u00a0(at least a couple of hours work).<\/p>\n<p>Fingers crossed for more sunny afternoons this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The realities of growing 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