{"id":32879,"date":"2024-10-31T20:11:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32879"},"modified":"2024-10-31T20:11:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T19:11:35","slug":"st-ethelwolds-garden-october-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=32879","title":{"rendered":"St Ethelwold&#8217;s Garden \u2013 October 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103109.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nVolunteers at St Ethelwold&#8217;s have been clearing and dividing the clumping plants and on the plants stall are Hemerocallis &#8216;Primal Scream&#8217;.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103108.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nYesterday, a group of children were in the garden helping during half term to clear leaves. More leaves have fallen since then. This morning was misty with an autumn feel.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103102.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nCobwebs were strung on plants and other fixed objects around the garden.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103101.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA crow cawed from a perch high up in the biggest tree &#8211; now bare of leaves &#8211; and then flew away toward the Old Gaol.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103103.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA robin came down, first to the mossy wall, and then to the large tree to sing.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103113.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSt Ethelwold&#8217;s House has a seasonal display on the welcome desk with crocheted pumpkins and orange plants and fruit.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103106.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nVolunteers were cutting up twigs and sorting out\u00a0compost.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag24\/2024103112a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nI turned a handful of compost and small creatures crept and crawled back under the surface, preferring to be hidden. As today turns to evening and night, other creatures will appear in the garden\u2019s quiet corners, creatures that prefer the darkness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers at St Ethelwold&#8217;s have been clearing and dividing the clumping plants and on the plants stall are Hemerocallis &#8216;Primal Scream&#8217;. Yesterday, a group of children were in the garden helping during half term to clear leaves. More leaves have fallen since then. This morning was misty with an autumn feel. Cobwebs were strung on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardens","category-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}