{"id":143,"date":"2008-05-13T20:51:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T19:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.budsandborders.co.uk\/files\/?p=143"},"modified":"2008-05-18T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2008-05-18T14:06:13","slug":"rhubarb-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/rhubarb-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhubarb."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I think [wink) ]the rhubarb was ready for picking at the weekend, so I cut quite a few stalks and gave some away. The rest I cut up and microwaved with honey. Oh yes, it was yummy. I&#8217;m looking forward to it coming back again and again this year. I will try it with custard next time &#8211; having it with my breakfast all week this week.<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/rubarb.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/files\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/rubarb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;ve been setting my hanging baskets tonight. Just put the lobellia in and left the rest as they were a bit pot bound. That way they can spread out before I put the rest of the baskets together.<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Here is a bit of trivia for you about lobellia:<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s also known as Indian Tobacco, and Pukeweed.<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Lobellia originates from Eastern USA, but is also cultivated in other parts of the world. It has pale green or yellowish leaves about 3-8cm long, and fruit consisting of a capsule containing numerous small, brown seeds. The herb is used medicinally, and is cultivated once the fruits are ripe.<\/strong><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Lobellia is a respiratory stimulant, and is highly regarded for its effect in treating asthma and bronchitis. It is also a tobacco deterrent and is used as a major ingredient in many anti-smoking mixtures as it has similar, but less potent, pharmacological properties to nicotine, which help to alleviate withdrawal symptoms.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think [wink) ]the rhubarb was ready for picking at the weekend, so I cut quite a few stalks and gave some away. The rest I cut up and microwaved with honey. Oh yes, it was yummy. I&#8217;m looking forward to it coming back again and again this year. I will try it with custard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"views":560,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/budsandborders.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}