{"id":1763,"date":"2017-10-20T17:35:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2017-10-20T17:39:59","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T17:39:59","slug":"oeuf-i-can-breath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/uncategorized\/oeuf-i-can-breath\/","title":{"rendered":"Oeuf!  I can breath!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t ask me what the title of this post means &#8211; I don&#8217;t actually know.\u00a0 However, my Mum always said it when something was opened up or because clear.\u00a0 Actually, she had a thing about eggs.\u00a0 When she didn&#8217;t know someone&#8217;s name she called them Mrs or Mr Huevo!\u00a0 Dad and I used it too, but with English accents it because Mrs or Mr Wave-oh.<\/p>\n<p>Enough reminiscence.\u00a0 The reason I can breathe is that Paul has been working here today and has opened up about half the herb\u00a0bed. He tells me that a lot of the plants will have died because there was so much moss choking things.\u00a0 The wild strawberries, which also came up, were only rooted in the moss.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks he has worked steadily around the garden, pruning and weeding and digging and it&#8217;s really making a difference.\u00a0 He&#8217;s also mowing the lawn more regularly, so that whole thing is looking a whole lot tidier.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1763 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/uncategorized\/oeuf-i-can-breath\/attachment\/2017-09-28-14-47-07\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.07-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.07-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.07-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.07.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1764'>\n\t\t\t\tA weed patch, now cleared\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/uncategorized\/oeuf-i-can-breath\/attachment\/2017-09-28-14-47-27\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.27-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.27-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.27-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-09-28-14.47.27.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1765'>\n\t\t\t\tOur biggest thugs &#8230; pendulous sedge and ground elder\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/uncategorized\/oeuf-i-can-breath\/attachment\/2017-10-20-13-05-10\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.10-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1766\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.10-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.10-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.10-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.10-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.10.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1766'>\n\t\t\t\tThe mess in the herb bed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/uncategorized\/oeuf-i-can-breath\/attachment\/2017-10-20-13-05-23\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.23-169x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1767\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.23-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.23-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.23-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.23.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1767'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul clearing the mess in the herb bed\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/uncategorized\/oeuf-i-can-breath\/attachment\/2017-10-20-13-05-50\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.50-300x169.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.50-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.50-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.50-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.50-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-20-13.05.50.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1768'>\n\t\t\t\tPaul found lots of &#8220;black grass&#8221; under the ground elder here and liberated the acer\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>You will have noticed that Paul is in shorts.\u00a0 It is NOT, I repeat NOT, shorts weather, but these mountain bikers are a tough crowd!\u00a0 It was cold, windy and drizzly today &#8211; yuck!\u00a0 Earlier this week we had the remains of Hurricane Ophelia which brought down all our apples and a crows nest.\u00a0 Then it rained like the clappers for about 24 hours and now we&#8217;re getting ready for Storm Brian which is predicted to bring more wind and rain tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I tried to get some better pictures of Paul, but failed miserably.\u00a0 However, in the one picture I have with him in, you can also see a bell-shaped rusty old iron object.\u00a0 That is an old &#8220;copper&#8221;.\u00a0 These were what housewives and washer women used to boil up their laundry in the old days.\u00a0 We found it behind the shed when we moved in.\u00a0 It&#8217;s now upturned and used as a &#8220;feature&#8221; in the middle of the bed, and it covers up a big manhole where all the sewers of the neighbourhood come together.\u00a0 It&#8217;s lovely to think that all the ordure of our side of Cardingmill Valley flows under our garden.<\/p>\n<p>Funnily enough, while he was weeding Paul dug up a rusty old manhole-cover-lifter that some plumber must have dropped as well as an old kitchen knife.\u00a0 We have lots of interesting stuff buried in the garden\u00a0(apart from Granddad &#8211; just kidding).\u00a0 The stream brings all sorts of things down &#8211; old ginger beer stoneware bottles from the old pop factory in the valley, bits of clay pipes, beer bottle stoppers from WWII, etc. etc. We also found the remains of an old concrete path the other day.\u00a0 Further archaeological excavations are called for!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t ask me what the title of this post means &#8211; I don&#8217;t actually know.\u00a0 However, my Mum always said it when something was opened up or because clear.\u00a0 Actually, she had a thing about eggs.\u00a0 When she didn&#8217;t know someone&#8217;s name she called them Mrs or Mr Huevo!\u00a0 Dad and I used it too, [&hellip;]<\/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-1763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1771,"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1763\/revisions\/1771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jarnfield.uk\/joan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}