{"id":3274,"date":"2014-07-15T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T21:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3274"},"modified":"2014-07-15T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T21:56:33","slug":"my-garden-has-been-featured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2014\/07\/my-garden-has-been-featured.html","title":{"rendered":"My Garden Has Been &#8220;Featured&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3243\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9840.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3243\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3243\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9840-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"This was the photo featured in my friend's blog!\" width=\"630\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9840-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/IMG_9840-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This was the photo featured in my friend&#8217;s blog!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My friend, former GeekMom writer, and fellow gardening fan, Kris Bordessa has a really informative blog called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attainable-sustainable.net\/\">Attainable Sustainable<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She blogs about tips for a simpler lifestyle, whether it&#8217;s via recycling, living off the land, or reducing your personal energy consumption. I encourage you to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/attainablesustainable\">her online community on Facebook<\/a>, it&#8217;s a hopping place to go to discuss gardening and recycling topics.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1485643908321406\/\">She set up a Facebook page where we can share photos and stories of our gardening<\/a>, and today she picked some of the photos to feature in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.attainable-sustainable.net\/gardens-far-wide\/\">blog post<\/a> about different gardens around the country (and perhaps the world!).<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m honored to have our garden be\u00a0part of the post!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My friend, former GeekMom writer, and fellow gardening fan, Kris Bordessa has a really informative blog called Attainable Sustainable. She blogs about tips for a simpler lifestyle, whether it&#8217;s via recycling, living off the land, or reducing your personal energy consumption. I encourage you to follow her online community on Facebook, it&#8217;s a hopping place [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[620],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-QO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1479,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2012\/10\/out-of-my-comfort-zone-the-erin-gray-interview-on-geekmom.html","url_meta":{"origin":3274,"position":0},"title":"Out of My Comfort Zone: The Erin Gray Interview on GeekMom","date":"17 October 12","format":false,"excerpt":"I did something completely out of my comfort zone recently. I interviewed somebody and then wrote about the interview for GeekMom. 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