{"id":9727,"date":"2010-10-06T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T07:59:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T18:41:03","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T22:41:03","slug":"dahlia-farm-tour-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2010\/10\/dahlia-farm-tour-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Dahlia Farm Tour, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC1377.jpg?resize=400%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: x-small;\">MIXED DAHLIAS AT PLEASANT VALLEY GLADS AND DAHLIA FARM<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">I almost forgot to publish the other half of my post from two weeks ago, when we visited<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gladiola.com\/\"> Pleasant Valley Glads &amp; Dahlias<\/a>, the &nbsp;amazing farm and mail order company near us, just over the border in Connecticut. With acres and acres of colorful gladiolus and dahlias, it was overwhelming to photograph. So much color, so many varieties, that one quickly becomes numb.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC1371.jpg?resize=400%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC1368.jpg?resize=400%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"265\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gardern.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/DSC1364.jpg?resize=400%2C265&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"400\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIXED DAHLIAS AT PLEASANT VALLEY GLADS AND DAHLIA FARM I almost forgot to publish the other half of my post from two weeks ago,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-9727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-garden-tours"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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