{"id":1907,"date":"2015-07-19T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2015-07-19T14:15:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-19T14:15:02","slug":"foraging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/uncategorized\/foraging\/","title":{"rendered":"Foraging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150719_145056.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1908\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150719_145056-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_20150719_145056\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150719_145056-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150719_145056-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150719_145056-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_20150719_145056-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve been foraging today, &amp; found these lovely cherry plums. I&#8217;ve been picking from these trees since my childhood. They are covered in tiny white blossom in March, then the wind makes snowstorms of blossom, scented &amp; piled up on the roadside. Finally, we have these amazing fruits &#8211; raw, stewed or made into jam, all equally delicious.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve also picked blackcurrants, lavender, lemon balm &amp; myrtle from the garden, ready to make some signature bouquets at Stems tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>I tend to bag the blackcurrants &amp; put them straight into the freezer, Just heat them up in the winter &amp; pour them on top of yoghurt or ice cream for a taste of summer on a dark, cold day. I learned that trick when I lived in Sweden!<\/p>\n<p>Send a Stems signature bouquet to someone &amp; make them smile. Call 020 7831 6776, or use our online shop<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been foraging today, &amp; found these lovely cherry plums. I&#8217;ve been picking from these trees since my childhood. They are covered in tiny white blossom in March, then the wind makes snowstorms of blossom, scented &amp; piled up on the roadside. Finally, we have these amazing fruits &#8211; raw, stewed or made into jam,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/uncategorized\/foraging\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Foraging<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,172,72,1,3,157,46],"tags":[31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stemsfloraldesign.com\/janetsblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}