{"id":539,"date":"2010-10-24T13:20:23","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T12:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merrybower.co.uk\/?p=539"},"modified":"2010-12-15T13:38:18","modified_gmt":"2010-12-15T12:38:18","slug":"more-orchard-hole-digging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/?p=539","title":{"rendered":"More orchard hole digging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/orchard_holes1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-540\" title=\"Orchard Holes\" src=\"https:\/\/merrybower.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/orchard_holes1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Getting into a bit of a rhythm, grabbing time where possible we headed down to the orchard and managed to finish off the small bush orchard quarter, and made a good start on the larger half standard orchard quarter&#8217;s holes. 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