{"id":1323,"date":"2018-06-20T17:08:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T07:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xsymetrix.com.au\/garden\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2018-06-20T17:08:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T07:08:48","slug":"harvesting-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xsymetrix.com.au\/garden\/2018\/06\/harvesting-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvesting in the rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend provided a reminder that it is in fact winter with a combination of wind, rain and low temperatures that laid waste to our plans of holding a working bee. Not to be deterred I braved the elements for a harvest that was converted into a an almost vegetarian gumbo, complete with cajun spices. I say almost because I did add two small snack size tins of tuna to the mix of eggplant, coriander, spanish onions and hokkien noodles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cKhe2rGaQ50?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend provided a reminder that it is in fact winter with a combination of wind, rain and low temperatures that laid waste to our plans of holding a working bee. 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