{"id":2355,"date":"2008-05-02T21:29:51","date_gmt":"2008-05-03T02:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/gardenlog\/?p=2355"},"modified":"2017-07-20T13:13:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T18:13:55","slug":"pimpin-my-hoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/uncategorized\/pimpin-my-hoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pimpin&#8217; My Hoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Note: This post was written for today&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/maydreamsgardens.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/garden-bloggers-hoe-down.html\">Hoe Down at May Dreams Gardens<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Like a faded wall-flower at the prom, my hoe is frequently overlooked and underappreciated. I prefer a garden fork and pruning shears for fighting my way through my root-laden clay. However, since Spring Fling, this hoe has been putting on airs. She had the thrill of a little one-on-one action with Carol, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoecollection.blogspot.com\/2006\/06\/entire-hoe-collection.html\">connoisseur of hoes<\/a>, the hoe-stess with the mostest.<\/p>\n<p>As I handed the hoe over to Carol&#8217;s capable hands, she eyed it critically. &#8220;Needs sharpening.&#8221; was her assessment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But how do you use it?&#8221; I asked, perplexed. &#8220;Do you dig with the pointy end? chop with the curved blade?&#8221; I want to pull it through the dirt like a plow blade but the angle of attack seems all wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Carol slid her hand up and down the wooden handle, testing the center of balance. &#8220;Like this,&#8221; she demonstrated with a few smooth, easy strokes on the chipped bark path. My hoe&#8217;s finest moment. Carol looked around. &#8220;You don&#8217;t really have the right kind of garden for hoes. You need a vegetable garden. With rows.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Unloved hoe. She knows her best days are behind her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src=\"http:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/photos\/320\/hoedown2008.jpg\" alt=\"Hoedown at May Dreams Gardens\" \/><br \/>Since Carol @ May Dreams Gardens got her hands on her, there&#8217;s been no stopping this hoe. She wants to get down and get dirty with those Indiana hoes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[239,240,241,319,373],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2355"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5578,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2355\/revisions\/5578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zanthan.com\/gardens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}