{"id":103,"date":"2012-07-16T12:28:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-16T12:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/?p=103"},"modified":"2012-07-16T12:33:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T12:33:13","slug":"growing-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/index.php\/2012\/07\/growing-grapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing grapes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What does a highly stressed IT chap do to get away from it all for an hour or so a week?\u00a0 For now, I&#8217;m giving growing grapes a try.\u00a0 Having recently had good success at brewing beer (another story), I think I&#8217;ll try wine this time.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had a few vines in pots for a couple years now.\u00a0 Time to prepare the patch proper, plant a few more and see what they do.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours over the course of this week with the machete and tractor mower turned this<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a 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data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG0217-300x169.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG0217.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-107\" title=\"Bramble plot\" src=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG0217-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Bramble plot\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG0217-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG0217-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/IMAG0217.jpg 816w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bramble plot<\/p><\/div>\n<p>into this<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_134\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pjsmith.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/IMAG0220med.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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