{"id":1007,"date":"2022-12-13T15:49:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2022-12-13T15:49:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-13T15:49:56","slug":"its-almost-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/?p=1007","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s almost Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Making salts is proving interesting, tasty and creative. They are brilliant christmas gifts and next year I&#8217;ll go into production and sell them. With the postal strikes, I&#8217;m pleased I did not start them this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1-1024x658.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1009\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1-1024x658.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1-640x411.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1-600x385.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_153920-1.jpg 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The garden has slowed to a standstill and the forecast is looking cold for the next month or so. No much is happening in the poly tunnels either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"927\" data-id=\"1010\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732.jpg 927w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221213_091732-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"927\" data-id=\"1012\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1.jpg 927w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221121_140654-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"928\" height=\"928\" data-id=\"1011\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1.jpg 928w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20220623_085246-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 928px) 100vw, 928px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The hens that were munched by a neighbour&#8217;s dog have been replaced as has their accomodation. The dog has been back and the tractors have kept the hens safe. Phew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"927\" data-id=\"1013\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221212_145021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221212_145021.jpg 417w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221212_145021-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221212_145021-288x640.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"927\" data-id=\"1015\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315.jpg 927w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-640x640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/20221205_124315-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" data-id=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun-640x404.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun-600x379.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/henrun.jpg 1104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making salts is proving interesting, tasty and creative. They are brilliant christmas gifts and next year I&#8217;ll go into production and sell them. With the postal strikes, I&#8217;m pleased I did not start them this year. The garden has slowed to a standstill and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1007"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1016,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007\/revisions\/1016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesanctuarygarden.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}