{"id":79,"date":"2011-05-23T10:11:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/seven-springs-farm-"},"modified":"2011-05-23T10:11:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T14:11:39","slug":"seven-springs-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Seven Springs Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0154327be528970c-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gretchen at 7 Springs Farm\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef0154327be528970c\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef0154327be528970c-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" title=\"Gretchen at 7 Springs Farm\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I have been told that Seven Springs Farm was a great source of organic farming supplies ever since I moved to Floyd, but I could never seem to locate the place. This weekend, Gretchen and I got directions from a new settler and we picked up supplies and plants for our deck gardens.<\/p>\n<p>They still have lots of lettuce, herbs and tomatoes as well as a few perennials. We were shown around by Dane Elder who is shown here behind a selection of lettuce varieties. The plants are exceptionally healthy.<br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01538ea90308970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dane Elder and Lettuce\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef01538ea90308970b\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01538ea90308970b-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" title=\"Dane Elder and Lettuce\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I also picked up some covering material for my gardens. They have two kinds, a lightweight sunscreen for summer and a heavy duty material for use in the winter. I am experimenting with the light weight covering to keep birds off my strawberries and to keep the new plantings from burning while they adapt to outdoor life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01538ea92788970b-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Covered deck Gardens\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef01538ea92788970b\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef01538ea92788970b-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" title=\"Covered deck Gardens\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>After five years of hearing about Seven Springs Farm and getting vague directions like &quot;It&#39;s over there off Kings Store Road&quot;, I had come to the conclusion that it was one of Floyd&#39;s best kept secrets or perhaps I just couldn&#39;t get there from here.<\/p>\n<p>Their prices and service were excellent and I wanted to show my appreciation by providing a map that actually shows where they are located. You can Google Seven Springs Farm and you will get their webpage 7springsfarm.com but the maps are not expandable.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef014e889c980c970d-800wi\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Seven Springs Farm map\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341bfac253ef014e889c980c970d\" src=\"http:\/\/ripples.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d8341bfac253ef014e889c980c970d-450wi\" style=\"width: 450px;\" title=\"Seven Springs Farm map\" \/><\/a> <br \/>Thanks to all who told me about Seven Springs Farm. It was everything they said it was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been told that Seven Springs Farm was a great source of organic farming supplies ever since I moved to Floyd, but I could never seem to locate the place. This weekend, Gretchen and I got directions from a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=79\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1793,1782],"tags":[9,10,8],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-1h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}