{"id":771,"date":"2018-03-31T12:57:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-31T12:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/?p=771"},"modified":"2018-05-02T17:47:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T17:47:14","slug":"late-spring-on-the-allotment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/late-spring-on-the-allotment\/","title":{"rendered":"Late spring on the allotment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The high winds and lashing rain of early Spring meant that our allotment got off to a slow start this year.\u00a0 Venturing out for the first time today we were met with alot of grey mud until we spied an upturned plastic bin, hastily applied in January to a patch of rhubarb. \u00a0 And so, as if by magic, a burst of vibrant pink and yellow erupted into view!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_770\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-770\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rhubarb-2018-opt.png\" alt=\"forced rhubarb from the allotment\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rhubarb-2018-opt.png 600w, https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rhubarb-2018-opt-113x150.png 113w, https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Rhubarb-2018-opt-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-770\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">forced rhubarb a glorious site this cold, wet spring<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This early rhubarb is far sweeter than its tart elder sister that has not been cosseted by being kept covered over winter.\u00a0 So it needs only some freshly squeezed orange and a sprinkling of brown sugar before being roaste on a high heat until it is just tender, and not overwilted.<\/p>\n<p>A more exotic variation can be realised with the addition of a bay leaf or two and some crushed cardomon.\u00a0 These two add a subtle undertone that lift it of\u00a0 nursery pudding fayre.<\/p>\n<p>It needs nothing more than a dollop of rich greek yogurt and a few toasted almonds to create a sumptuous dessert<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The high winds and lashing rain of early Spring meant that our allotment got off to a slow start this year.\u00a0 Venturing out for the first time today we were met with alot of grey mud until we spied an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/late-spring-on-the-allotment\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":811,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771\/revisions\/811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-4-all.co.uk\/wp_news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}