{"id":2668,"date":"2017-02-13T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T14:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/?p=2668"},"modified":"2017-02-12T19:44:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T22:44:33","slug":"mulch-and-more-mulch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2017\/02\/13\/mulch-and-more-mulch\/","title":{"rendered":"Mulch and more Mulch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our first summer of drought we had issues trying to get enough water to the vegetable plots.\u00a0 Our second summer of drought, we installed drip lines to water the rows. \u00a0And then couldn&#8217;t keep the soil moist enough under the burning sun. This year, while there has been no drought, we have learned how to keep our soil moist. Mulch. Lots and lots of Mulch.<\/p>\n<p>The hot dry wind that arrives every evening dries out the top inch of soil building a hard crust, while a few inches down, the soil is moist.\u00a0 So, MULCH is our friend!\u00a0 We have placed it in all the plots and around the base of all our trees.\u00a0 It is working very nicely.\u00a0 The walkways squish as you walk between the rows harvesting.\u00a0 The ground is moist &#8211; success!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2648\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/mulch-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-1.jpg?fit=1296%2C972&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1296,972\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484629883&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mulch-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-1.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2648\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mulch-1\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/mulch-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-2.jpg?fit=1296%2C972&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1296,972\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484629936&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.166&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mulch-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-2.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2647\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/mulch-2.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mulch-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mulch-3.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2669\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2017\/02\/13\/mulch-and-more-mulch\/mulch-3\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mulch-3.jpg?fit=1296%2C972&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1296,972\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot ELPH 360 HS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1484865082&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"mulch-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mulch-3.jpg?fit=620%2C465&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2669\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lapiccolinauy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/mulch-3.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"mulch-3\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mulch is our friend.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our first summer of drought we had issues trying to get enough water to the vegetable plots.\u00a0 Our second summer of drought, we installed drip lines to water the rows. \u00a0And then couldn&#8217;t keep the soil moist enough under the burning sun. This year, while there has been no drought, we have learned how to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/2017\/02\/13\/mulch-and-more-mulch\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mulch and more Mulch<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":115215602,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1851],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6BeCJ-H2","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115215602"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2668"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2679,"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2668\/revisions\/2679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapiccolinauy.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}