{"id":90,"date":"2023-05-10T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/?p=90"},"modified":"2023-05-10T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T22:39:00","slug":"aphids-and-mustard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/2023\/05\/10\/aphids-and-mustard\/","title":{"rendered":"Aphids and Mustard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_5911-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_5911-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_5911-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_5911.jpg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cabbage aphids Brevicoryne brassicae on brown mustard Brassica juncea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">The cabbage aphids are a plague, \nThey suck the life from plants so fair, \nTheir numbers grow with each new day, \nAnd soon the garden is despair.\n\nBut there is hope, a mustard plant, \nWill draw the aphids from the rest, \nAnd keep your cabbages from harm, \nSo plant a mustard in the west.\n\nThe mustard plant is small and weak, \nBut it will do the job you need, \nSo plant it now, before it's too late, \nAnd save your cabbages from greed.\n\nThe aphids will swarm the mustard, \nAnd leave your cabbages alone, \nSo plant a mustard, and be glad, \nThat you have found this simple cure.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cabbage aphids are a plague, They suck the life from plants so fair, Their numbers grow with each new day, And soon the garden is despair. But there is hope, a mustard plant, Will draw the aphids from the rest, And keep your cabbages from harm, So plant a mustard in the west. The&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/2023\/05\/10\/aphids-and-mustard\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Aphids and Mustard<\/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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blanford.com\/blanfordfarm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}