{"id":221,"date":"2020-04-07T16:01:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/?p=221"},"modified":"2020-04-07T16:09:09","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T16:09:09","slug":"how-to-grow-your-own-food-in-a-modern-day-victory-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/04\/07\/how-to-grow-your-own-food-in-a-modern-day-victory-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"How to grow your own food in a modern-day victory garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"771\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/04\/victory-garden-wash-post-4.6.2020-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/04\/victory-garden-wash-post-4.6.2020-1.png 679w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/04\/victory-garden-wash-post-4.6.2020-1-264x300.png 264w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption>Image: The Washington Post, April 6th, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;One silver lining of the coronavirus lockdown is that it comes at the start of the growing season. Between now and the fall, folks have the chance to coax food from the soil while also feeding the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, a vegetable garden may also provide one thing we seem to be lacking at the moment: control over our lives. It includes the satisfaction of raising nutritious and delicious food, exercising outdoors while socially distancing, relieving pressure on the nation\u2019s food supply system, passing essential knowledge on to your children and growing extra to share with others. At the very least, it\u2019s a constructive distraction in a confined environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the full article from the Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/home\/how-to-grow-your-own-food-in-a-modern-day-victory-garden\/2020\/04\/05\/6a0fa7f0-737f-11ea-a9bd-9f8b593300d0_story.html?fbclid=IwAR3lFoqCmDdNCKHgS0Y-2ODEWg7jC2YnZq8Udj5s_5fNOrOF_Bw4ZIaaZc8\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;One silver lining of the coronavirus lockdown is that it comes at the start of the growing season. Between now and the fall, folks have the chance to coax food from the soil while also feeding the soul. This year, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/04\/07\/how-to-grow-your-own-food-in-a-modern-day-victory-garden\/\">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-221","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\/221","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=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/221\/revisions\/225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}