{"id":5389,"date":"2018-12-22T16:44:09","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T15:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=5389"},"modified":"2018-12-22T16:44:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T15:44:09","slug":"orchard-wind-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2018\/12\/22\/orchard-wind-protection\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchard wind protection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-orchard-wind-protection.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5381\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-orchard-wind-protection.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-orchard-wind-protection.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2018\/12\/blog-orchard-wind-protection-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The winds normally sweep through this area at great speed, but this year was the worst in recent history.\u00a0 The winds tore off the previous bags (do you remember the white pig feed ones?) and did quite a number on all these little fruit trees, so our guys are replacing all the bags.\u00a0 The rainfall hasn&#8217;t been normal either, and the pump for irrigating broke down, so these trees have faced a double challenge.\u00a0 They amazingly are mostly still alive though.\u00a0 Wait, mostly alive?\u00a0 Better than mostly dead!\u00a0 We will see how they do now, and see which ones flourish here.\u00a0 Thank you for your prayers for our guys, Zweli, Sbabalo, and Loisa, as they learn a little bit more each day, in devotions, about God and their walk with Him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=5389&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The winds normally sweep through this area at great speed, but this year was the worst in recent history.\u00a0 The winds tore off the previous bags (do you remember the white pig feed ones?) and did quite a number on &hellip; 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