{"id":5863,"date":"2013-09-12T10:28:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T10:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5863"},"modified":"2013-09-12T10:28:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T10:28:46","slug":"fun-with-a-pot-of-spinach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5863","title":{"rendered":"Fun with a pot of spinach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have had perpetual spinach in a pot all summer which I have been giving to the girls. I also have some in the veg plot. The pot is more difficult to harvest as it&#8217;s overcrowded and now the edges of the leaves have started to brown so I decided to put the pot in the run for the girls.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5877\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/who-is_going_to_be_brave_enough.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5877\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5877\" alt=\"Who is going to be brave enough to approach the scary pot of spinach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/who-is_going_to_be_brave_enough.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/who-is_going_to_be_brave_enough.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/who-is_going_to_be_brave_enough-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Who is going to be brave enough to approach the scary pot of spinach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5878\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/the_little_girls_are.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5878\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5878\" alt=\"The little girls are the first to peck at the spinach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/the_little_girls_are.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/the_little_girls_are.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/the_little_girls_are-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The little girls are the first to peck at the spinach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5879\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spinach.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5879\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5879\" alt=\"Now it's deemed safe for all to peck at\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spinach.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spinach.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/spinach-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now it&#8217;s deemed safe for all to peck at<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5880\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dotty_climbs_ontothepot.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5880\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5880\" alt=\"Dotty climbs on to the pot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dotty_climbs_ontothepot.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dotty_climbs_ontothepot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/dotty_climbs_ontothepot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dotty climbs on to the pot<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5881\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/honey_climbs_onto_the_pot.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5881\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5881\" alt=\"Honey climbs on to the pot\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/honey_climbs_onto_the_pot.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/honey_climbs_onto_the_pot.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/honey_climbs_onto_the_pot-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Honey climbs on to the pot<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5882\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/half_an_hour_later.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5882\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5882\" alt=\"I returned half an hour later to find it stripped\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/half_an_hour_later.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/half_an_hour_later.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/half_an_hour_later-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I returned half an hour later to find it stripped<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I then turned the pot out so that the girls could get at the roots.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5883\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/thats_scary_we_will_stay_safely_behind_the_wire.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5883\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5883\" alt=\"That's scary, we will stay safely behind the wire\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/thats_scary_we_will_stay_safely_behind_the_wire.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/thats_scary_we_will_stay_safely_behind_the_wire.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/thats_scary_we_will_stay_safely_behind_the_wire-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s scary, we will stay safely behind the wire<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The girl&#8217;s were reluctant to approach it so I stepped on it to squash it out of shape a bit.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5884\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/inspecting.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5884\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5884\" alt=\"Inspecting \" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/inspecting.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/inspecting.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/inspecting-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Inspecting<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5885\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/scratching.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5885\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5885\" alt=\"Now the girls got stuck into scratching it\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/scratching.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/scratching.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/scratching-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now the girls got stuck into scratching it<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5886\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/another_half_hour_later.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5886\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5886\" alt=\"Another half hour later\" src=\"http:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/another_half_hour_later.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/another_half_hour_later.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/another_half_hour_later-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Another half hour later<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I returned it had all been scratched and all that was left were the stalks. I think the girls had a lot of fun with the pot of spinach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have had perpetual spinach in a pot all summer which I have been giving to the girls. I also have some in the veg plot. The pot is more difficult to harvest as it&#8217;s overcrowded and now the edges &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=5863\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5863"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5890,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5863\/revisions\/5890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}