{"id":200,"date":"2020-03-30T23:43:26","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/?p=200"},"modified":"2020-03-30T23:47:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T23:47:41","slug":"look-to-the-garden-to-keep-you-busy-and-quiet-your-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/03\/30\/look-to-the-garden-to-keep-you-busy-and-quiet-your-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Look to the garden to keep you busy and quiet your mind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/03\/digging-in-dirt-OSU-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/03\/digging-in-dirt-OSU-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/03\/digging-in-dirt-OSU-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/03\/digging-in-dirt-OSU-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/03\/digging-in-dirt-OSU-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/03\/digging-in-dirt-OSU.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Video frame-grab of a master gardener planting a plant in a garden at the entrance to the Benton County Fair Grounds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Kym Pokorny writes a gardening column and this one is especially relevant right now. Kym is a public service communications specialist with the OSU Extension Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Gardening grants us solace&nbsp;\u2014 research bears that out. Digging in the soil is good for our mental health and we need that more than ever as we follow Gov. Kate Brown\u2019s order to \u201cstay home, save lives.\u201d Even weeding helps keep anxiety at bay, said Brooke Edmunds, OSU Extension Service horticulturist. A bonus: This time of year, the moist soil makes weeds easy to pull.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazettetimes.com\/news\/local\/look-to-the-garden-to-keep-you-busy-and-quiet\/article_eab64d6f-1009-5dd2-a735-3ee7103c0c2a.html\">HERE<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Corvallis Gazette-Times, Kym Pokorny writes a gardening column and this one is especially relevant right now. Kym is a public service communications specialist with the OSU Extension Service. &#8220;Gardening grants us solace&nbsp;\u2014 research bears that out. Digging in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/03\/30\/look-to-the-garden-to-keep-you-busy-and-quiet-your-mind\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8741,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}