{"id":69379,"date":"2025-09-07T17:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=69379"},"modified":"2025-09-07T17:47:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T17:47:41","slug":"the-douglas-fir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/09\/the-douglas-fir\/","title":{"rendered":"The Douglas Fir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today close up<\/p>\n<p>i met and touched the Douglas Fir<\/p>\n<p>in the family it\u2019s the tallest<\/p>\n<p>so we hear<\/p>\n<p>brought to the United Kingdom<\/p>\n<p>in 1827<\/p>\n<p>By a botanist \u00a0one David Douglas<\/p>\n<p>a tree that loves the rain<\/p>\n<p>where it\u2019s in its Heaven<br \/>\nand it\u2019s energy did \u00a0gain<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a softwood bearing cones<\/p>\n<p>pollinated by the wind<\/p>\n<p>Can reach 120 feet<\/p>\n<p>a deeply furrowed bark<\/p>\n<p>it gives off so much oxygen<\/p>\n<p>and Wherever it grows<\/p>\n<p>it leaves it\u2019s mark.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a giant to be close to them<\/p>\n<p>And stand on the same ground<\/p>\n<p>can actually live a thousand years<\/p>\n<p>6 to 800 normally<\/p>\n<p>squirrels, martens, finches<\/p>\n<p>birds of prey<\/p>\n<p>Up against them is to see<\/p>\n<p>miracles everyday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>every Douglas Fir we see<\/p>\n<p>up close let\u2019s kneel and pray.<\/p>\n<p>giving thanks \u00a0appreciating<\/p>\n<p>everyone in every way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today close up i met and touched the Douglas Fir in the family it\u2019s the tallest so we hear brought to the United Kingdom in 1827 By a botanist \u00a0one David Douglas a tree that loves the rain where it\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/09\/the-douglas-fir\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[749,258,249,274,850,517],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-trees-that-i-am-close-to","category-trees","category-trees-our-silent-friends","category-venerable-and-respected","category-weather-modification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69379"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69383,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69379\/revisions\/69383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}