{"id":849,"date":"2011-05-01T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-01T11:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=849"},"modified":"2014-11-13T11:34:07","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T00:34:07","slug":"silhouettes-of-quince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/silhouettes-of-quince\/","title":{"rendered":"SILHOUETTES OF QUINCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-flower.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-851\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-flower\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-flower.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Native flowers by the Merri Creek, Brunswick, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-edible-weeds.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-852\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-edible-weeds\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-edible-weeds.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Edible weeks along the Merri Creek, Brunswick, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-silverbeet.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-853\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-silverbeet\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-silverbeet.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Silverbeet in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-leeks.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-854\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-leeks\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-leeks.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Leeks in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-beetroot.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-856\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-beetroot\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-beetroot.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Beetroot in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-rows.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-857\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-rows\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-market-garden-rows.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Rows of vegetables in the Ceres Market Garden on the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-863\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Rubbish in the Merri Creek, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-permablitz-analysis.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-858\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-permablitz-analysis\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-permablitz-analysis.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Permablitz Analysis, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-silhouettes.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-860\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-silhouettes\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-silhouettes.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Quince tree silhouette, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-quince.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-859\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-quince\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-quince.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Quince fruit, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-site-visit-palms.jpg\" data-lightbox=\"gal[849]\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-861\" title=\"pdc-merri-creek-site-visit-palms\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/pdc-merri-creek-site-visit-palms.jpg?resize=660%2C495\" alt=\"Permablitz site visit, Coburg, Australia\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We went for a walk along the Merri Creek as part of our PDC. It&#8217;s amazing that Ceres has its market garden along the bank and hasn&#8217;t had every last stalk plucked under the cover of darkness. A few things have vanished, but their policy of if you come and help harvest you can keep half what you pick has encouraged a community to build up there.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We visited the site which will be the subject of our final design exercise, it&#8217;s all rather exciting really.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We went for a walk along the Merri Creek as part of our PDC. It&#8217;s amazing that Ceres has its market garden along the bank and hasn&#8217;t had every last stalk plucked under the cover of darkness. A few things have vanished, but their policy of if you come and help harvest you can keep [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"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,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,6],"tags":[51,128,71,34,73,72,348],"class_list":["post-849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden","category-travel","tag-ceres","tag-coburg","tag-community-gardens","tag-gardening","tag-pdc","tag-permablitz-melbourne","tag-urban-farming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4l1F7-dH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}