{"id":6034,"date":"2019-11-29T14:31:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T13:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/?p=6034"},"modified":"2019-11-29T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T14:00:17","slug":"avril-the-bromeliad-and-dragon-fruit-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/11\/29\/avril-the-bromeliad-and-dragon-fruit-buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"Avril the bromeliad and dragon fruit buddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Roy was able to connect with Avril, a fellow tropical fruit and plant enthusiast.\u00a0 She is the friend who donated the dragon fruit plants to the Back 2 Eden in exchange for fruit trees for her orchards, and now has given Roy a truckload of bromeliads,<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blogbromeliads-from-Avril.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6032\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blogbromeliads-from-Avril.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blogbromeliads-from-Avril.jpg 253w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blogbromeliads-from-Avril-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>which she raises and sells.\u00a0 Here are some samples of bromeliads which are flowering at the farm right now:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5998\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-3.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5997\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-2.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5996\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/blog-Bromeliads-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The dragon fruit at Back 2 Eden are growing so nicely up their poles <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/B2E-dragonfruit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6035\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/B2E-dragonfruit.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/B2E-dragonfruit.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/B2E-dragonfruit-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2019\/11\/B2E-dragonfruit-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a> that they now need a support secured at the top (tires are commonly used) so they can drop down and grow towards earth in order to fruit well.\u00a0 Roy found a source for old tires, for free, because they were so happy for him to haul them away from their chock-full storage area.\u00a0 Roy had to stop the guy from piling them too high!!<\/p>\n<p><a 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Avril, a fellow tropical fruit and plant enthusiast.\u00a0 She is the friend who donated the dragon fruit plants to the Back 2 Eden in exchange for fruit trees for her orchards, and now has &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/danforth\/2019\/11\/29\/avril-the-bromeliad-and-dragon-fruit-buddy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2731],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-back-2-eden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Avril the bromeliad and dragon fruit buddy - Danforths&#039; Days<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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