{"id":22162,"date":"2017-08-11T15:54:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22162"},"modified":"2017-08-11T15:54:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-11T15:54:14","slug":"a-pot-of-greens-for-the-girls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=22162","title":{"rendered":"A pot of greens for the girls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was shopping yesterday I saw some growing pots of greens reduced to sixty pence. I thought they would make a perfect treat for the girls.<\/p>\n<p>I put the pot on the patio this morning and waited to see what would happen. The two bigger girls pecked at it straight away but the little girls were wary at first. Could this be a dangerous pot? Rusty craned her neck towards it but at first would only take any greens that were dropped onto the patio.<\/p>\n<p>Gradually the little girls plucked up courage and pecked at the greens and decided they liked them.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22171\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22171\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22171\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22171\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_is_first_to_try_the_greens.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_is_first_to_try_the_greens.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_is_first_to_try_the_greens-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/emerald_is_first_to_try_the_greens-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Emerald is first to try the greens<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22172\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22172\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22172\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22172\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22172\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_and_rusty_catiously_investigate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_and_rusty_catiously_investigate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_and_rusty_catiously_investigate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_and_rusty_catiously_investigate-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apricot and Rusty cautiously investigate<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22173\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22173\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22173\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22173\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22173\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/they_all_pluck_up_the_courage_to_investigate.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/they_all_pluck_up_the_courage_to_investigate.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/they_all_pluck_up_the_courage_to_investigate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/they_all_pluck_up_the_courage_to_investigate-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22173\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">They all pluck up the courage to investigate<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22174\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22174\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22174\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22174\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22174\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_and_apricot_have_realised_its_quite_safe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_and_apricot_have_realised_its_quite_safe.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_and_apricot_have_realised_its_quite_safe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/rusty_and_apricot_have_realised_its_quite_safe-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rusty and Apricot realise it is quite safe<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22175\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22175\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22175\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22175\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22175\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_has_the_greens_to_herself.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_has_the_greens_to_herself.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_has_the_greens_to_herself-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/apricot_has_the_greens_to_herself-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apricot has the greens to herself<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_22176\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=22176\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-22176\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22176\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/there_are_just_the_stalks_left.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/there_are_just_the_stalks_left.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/there_are_just_the_stalks_left-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/there_are_just_the_stalks_left-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-22176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just the stalks are left<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A couple of hours later there were just stalks left. I think the girls enjoyed their treat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was shopping yesterday I saw some growing pots of greens reduced to sixty pence. I thought they would make a perfect treat for the girls. 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