{"id":11068,"date":"2012-07-30T18:30:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T00:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=11068"},"modified":"2012-07-30T18:30:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T00:30:41","slug":"why-did-i-wait-so-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2012\/07\/why-did-i-wait-so-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Why did I wait so long???"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know why I waited so long to do container herbs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6777.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6777.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These pots&#8230;on the front porch&#8230;so pretty and they make such a huge difference in how the front porch feels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6782.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6782.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I added peppermint and spearmint this weekend.  Pay attention to that spearmint!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6780.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6780.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oy-vay!!!  Crushed spearmint&#8230;and ice cubes!!!&#8230;in my wine.  <\/p>\n<p>I know that if I was a food stylist, I would have plucked a beautiful sprig of spearmint for this photo, but the truth is, that any herb&#8230;including spearmint&#8230;&#8221;leaks&#8221; its best flavor when it is crushed.<\/p>\n<p>I.E. &#8211; crushed spearmint leaves, a few ice cubes, some Chardonnay = summertime bliss&#8230;.to me!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6784.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Jul12\/Herbs6784.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And inside???  A sprig of basil, several sprigs of lavendar, a crackle vase from my Grandma Ruthie = heaven on my desk.<\/p>\n<p>The sight, the smell, the taste&#8230;.why did I wait so long???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know why I waited so long to do container herbs&#8230; These pots&#8230;on the front porch&#8230;so pretty and they make such a huge difference in how the front porch feels. I added peppermint and spearmint this weekend. Pay attention to that spearmint! Oy-vay!!! Crushed spearmint&#8230;and ice cubes!!!&#8230;in my wine. I know that if I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-yard-and-garden"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11068"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11076,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11068\/revisions\/11076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}