{"id":1886,"date":"2017-08-01T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T11:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/?p=1886"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T18:16:39","slug":"big-red-tomato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/mindful-living\/big-red-tomato\/","title":{"rendered":"My Big Red Tomato, Not!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1887\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tomatoes-on-vine.jpg\" alt=\"tomatoes-on-vine\" width=\"405\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tomatoes-on-vine.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tomatoes-on-vine-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tomatoes-on-vine-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/tomatoes-on-vine-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/>I dug excitedly into the soil, carefully dropping two tomato starts into the holes. I gently covered the roots, watered, and clapped my hands in glee. I knew I\u2019d soon have gorgeous, plump, juicy red tomatoes, just like my dear friend Jane\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>I did everything I was supposed to&#8230;I thought.<\/p>\n<p>Although I watered faithfully, it wasn\u2019t long before I realized the tomato plants were looking rather small and unhappy. While Jane\u2019s tomato plant was soon loaded with luscious fruit, mine barely had any teeny, tiny tomato wannabees.<\/p>\n<p>What the heck was wrong? With great disappointment, I consulted a master gardener expert who explained the importance of proper nourishment for any living plant. It turns out my garden\u2019s soil was deficient in several necessary nutrients.<\/p>\n<p>What I learned: just like a child needs love, structure, and sustenance or a pet needs care, cuddling, and a proper diet &#8211; tomatoes need water, warmth, and nutrients. Who knew? Well, maybe master gardeners!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Every living thing needs proper nourishment. Without it, no plant, animal, or human can grow to their full potential.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With today\u2019s fast-paced lifestyle it can be a challenge to commit wholeheartedly to creating time each day to nurture yourself. Simply Healed&#8217;s article\u00a0&#8220;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/simplyhealed.com\/listening-bodies-know\/\" target=\"_blank\">Listening to Our Bodies: They Know More Than We Do<\/a><\/em>&#8221; discusses the importance of self-care. As well, Simply Healed offers some wonderful tips to get you started on\u00a0 a <a href=\"http:\/\/simplyhealed.com\/%EF%BB%BF3-simple-steps-to-begin-self-nurturing\/\" target=\"_blank\">path of self-nurturing<\/a> that will start and end your day with positive light.<\/p>\n<p>What other steps might you take to nurture self-care?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woman-on-beach_istockLG.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1807 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woman-on-beach_istockLG-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"meditating on the beach\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woman-on-beach_istockLG-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woman-on-beach_istockLG-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woman-on-beach_istockLG-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/woman-on-beach_istockLG-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I dug excitedly into the soil, carefully dropping two tomato starts into the holes. I gently covered the roots, watered, and clapped my hands in glee. I knew I\u2019d soon have gorgeous, plump, juicy red tomatoes, just like my dear friend Jane\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>I did everything I was supposed to&#8230;I thought.<\/p>\n<p>Although I watered faithfully, it wasn\u2019t long before I realized the tomato plants were looking <\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/mindful-living\/big-red-tomato\/\">My Big Red Tomato, Not!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mindful-living","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1886"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1890,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1886\/revisions\/1890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}