{"id":71449,"date":"2026-05-27T11:06:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=71449"},"modified":"2026-05-27T11:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T11:38:24","slug":"bind-weed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/05\/bind-weed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bind Weed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What is an encumbent species<br \/>\nA structured sprawling mass<br \/>\nDangling so forcefully<br \/>\nExceedingly its crass<br \/>\nTo hunker under apple trees<br \/>\nAmong the ferny dark<br \/>\nTapestries of tippet<br \/>\nSuspended makes it mark<br \/>\nMorning Glory growing<br \/>\nTrumpet flowers can grow<br \/>\nwhite and Pink and Violet<br \/>\nInvasive wild proclaim<br \/>\nA genuine destroyer<br \/>\nThe never takes the blame<\/p>\n<p>Hawk Moths reside intently<br \/>\nThey just love the flower<br \/>\nTeased out by the nectar<br \/>\nA kind of glorious shower<br \/>\nOther insects love it<br \/>\nAnd Dewi, yesterday<br \/>\nPulled armful&#8217;s of its stalky power<br \/>\nReal and significantly<br \/>\nTenacious by cohesion<br \/>\nIntangible it be<br \/>\nSinewy and woody<br \/>\nSo stubborn seemingly<\/p>\n<p>Every rooted speciment<br \/>\nIt needs pulling free<br \/>\nIt truly holds a mounting sprout<br \/>\nA permanence that be<br \/>\nForever draining the lifeblood<br \/>\nFrom other species who<br \/>\nSuffer being molested<br \/>\nBecause that is what they do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is an encumbent species A structured sprawling mass Dangling so forcefully Exceedingly its crass To hunker under apple trees Among the ferny dark Tapestries of tippet Suspended makes it mark Morning Glory growing Trumpet flowers can grow white and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/05\/bind-weed\/\">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":[749,905],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-country-tale","category-a-day-in-the-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71449","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=71449"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71454,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71449\/revisions\/71454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}