{"id":437,"date":"2020-04-13T21:35:22","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/?p=437"},"modified":"2020-04-13T21:41:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-13T21:41:41","slug":"the-second-best-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/the-second-best-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The Second Best Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The current situation (for historical purposes, as I write, large portions of the world are locked down due to an epidemic) only happens once every few decades.  Although some few experts &#8212; always ignored &#8212; have stated we should be be ready and vigilant, most of the world was anything but.<br><br>A couple of weeks ago,  if you walked into a grocery store, you found the meat shelves empty, strict limits on eggs &#8212; one package per customer &#8212; and no canned or frozen vegetables left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most recently, some meat packing plants have shut down.<br><br>Though I don&#8217;t think we are going to get to the point of mass starvation, it should be understood that our supply networks are fragile and that an emergency &#8212; even a global one &#8212; can take us unawares.<br><br>So starting your MiniFarm is a lot like planting a tree.  The best time to do it is 20 years ago, but the second best time to do it is right now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seed suppliers are back ordered and struggling so if you need to order seeds, get your orders in early!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current situation (for historical purposes, as I write, large portions of the world are locked down due to an epidemic) only happens once every few decades. Although some few experts &#8212; always ignored &#8212; have stated we should be be ready and vigilant, most of the world was anything but. A couple of weeks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.markhamfarm.com\/mainsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}