{"id":508,"date":"2015-08-03T18:23:48","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T18:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=508"},"modified":"2015-08-03T18:23:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T18:23:48","slug":"plums-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=508","title":{"rendered":"Plums this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We still have plenty of prolific plums but are now also picking the sweeter varieties &#8211; opals, czars and heron. All are available for PYO. We are usually open 9am &#8211; 6pm but will be closing at 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday).<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday \u00a08th August we are celebrating the first birthday of the Woodpecker Cafe by holding a fund raising event for Cancer Research UK. There will be children&#8217;s activities from 2 &#8211; 4pm. From 5pm you are invited to bring a picnic and listen to live music in the orchard. Pimm&#8217;s and cake will be available and we welcome donations to Cancer Research.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We still have plenty of prolific plums but are now also picking the sweeter varieties &#8211; opals, czars and heron. All are available for PYO. We are usually open 9am &#8211; 6pm but will be closing at 5pm tomorrow (Tuesday). &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=508\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Fgux-8c","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":206,"url":"http:\/\/www.walsgrove.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=206","url_meta":{"origin":508,"position":0},"title":"Lazy Sunday Afternoon","author":"Margaret","date":"July 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"We hope our early plums will be ready to pick during our Lazy Sunday Afternoon on Sunday, July 28th. 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