{"id":7724,"date":"2017-09-06T14:18:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7724"},"modified":"2017-09-06T14:18:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T13:18:50","slug":"ode-to-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7724","title":{"rendered":"ode to autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/virburnum-on-the-change_opt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3103\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/virburnum-on-the-change_opt-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"virburnum on the change_opt\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/virburnum-on-the-change_opt-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/virburnum-on-the-change_opt.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Autumn is upon us.\u00a0 Like you can smell spring, there is a palpable change on the last days of August and beginning of September.\u00a0 Whatever the days are like there is a nip in the air in the evenings and the leaves are just starting to change.\u00a0 I love autumn and all the seasons.\u00a0 There is a promise of of sitting around the fire on a cold dark evening.<\/p>\n<p>But I love this change period as well.\u00a0 Produce from the garden is at its peak.\u00a0 I have been eating fresh fruit for months.\u00a0 First blackcurrants and raspberries, then plums and now blackberries.\u00a0 Runner and French beans are producing in profusion we have been eating potatoes and there is the promise of leeks and parsnips soon.\u00a0 At a suggestion of Monty Don on &#8220;Gardners World&#8221; I have sown turnips and swedes.\u00a0 The turnips should be ready in November and the swedes in the early spring.\u00a0 This a complete experiment in Scotland but so far both have shot up (turnips with 48 hours).\u00a0 This will maximise the use of my ground over the winter and give me low carbon vegetables (hopefully).\u00a0 As this autumn takes hold why not think about what you can grow in the way of food either now or next year?<\/p>\n<p>Neil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Autumn is upon us.\u00a0 Like you can smell spring, there is a palpable change on the last days of August and beginning of September.\u00a0 Whatever the days are like there is a nip in the air in the evenings and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theoillamp.co.uk\/?p=7724\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[65,104],"class_list":["post-7724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food","category-practical-low-carbon-living","tag-autumn","tag-food"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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