{"id":1974,"date":"2014-11-05T00:01:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T08:01:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-123\/"},"modified":"2014-11-05T00:01:48","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T08:01:48","slug":"garden-tip-123","status":"publish","type":"tool","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-123\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Tip #123"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Research from Purdue and Cornell University shows that <strong>autumn leaves can simply be left where they fall, shredded by a mower and allowed to mulch the lawn<\/strong>.  Fertilize as you normally would.  The shredding is essential, so don&#8217;t skip that step. If the leaf mulch is too thick, move some into your flowerbeds or compost bin. Read the  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agry.purdue.edu\/turf\/report\/1999\/page24.htm\">research report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research from Purdue and Cornell University shows that autumn leaves can simply be left where they fall, shredded by a mower and allowed to mulch the lawn. Fertilize as you normally would. The shredding is essential, so don&#8217;t skip that step. If the leaf mulch is too thick, move some into your flowerbeds or compost bin. Read the research report.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-123\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Garden Tip #123<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[231,193,41],"class_list":["post-1974","tool","type-tool","status-publish","hentry","keyword-lawns-care-and-maintenance","keyword-leaves","keyword-mulching"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool\/1974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tool"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}