{"id":9706,"date":"2016-02-04T02:47:34","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T07:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?p=9706"},"modified":"2016-02-04T02:47:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T07:47:34","slug":"more-magnificent-marvelous-and-messy-mash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?p=9706","title":{"rendered":"More magnificent, marvelous (and messy) mash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Made some more mash for the birds.<\/p>\n<p>This batch is veggies. Grated carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers, zucchini, sweet potato, peas, squash and beets. I also bought some organic baby food to mix in. I wanted to give the birds a variety. <a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9708\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash1.jpg\" alt=\"mash1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>This batch is fruit. The birds still prefer veggies, but if I mix in some grains, they&#8217;ll eat it. Below: apples, kiwi, pear, banana, peaches, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and black berries. Also mixed in is some organic fruit baby food. I skipped adding in crushed pellets, because the flock has been really good about eating them.<a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9710\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash21.jpg\" alt=\"mash2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash21.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/mash21-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>I love mashes! It&#8217;s a lot of work to make it in one sitting, but then I don&#8217;t have to do it every day. I didn&#8217;t put the herbs\/greens (basil, thyme, kale, romaine lettuce or spinach) in the mash. I just tear up fresh ones and sprinkle them on top.<\/p>\n<p>Alfie is <em>always<\/em> first to the plate.<a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alfiemash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9711\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alfiemash.jpg\" alt=\"alfiemash\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alfiemash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alfiemash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/alfiemash-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Sido enjoys some fruit.<a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidomash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9712\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidomash.jpg\" alt=\"sidomash\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidomash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidomash-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sidomash-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Emmy likes to carry globs over to the play gym and eat them there.<a href=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/emmymash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9720\" src=\"http:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/emmymash.jpg\" alt=\"emmymash\" width=\"1000\" height=\"824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/emmymash.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/emmymash-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/emmymash-364x300.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>These birds eat better than we do&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Made some more mash for the birds. This batch is veggies. Grated carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, bell peppers, zucchini, sweet potato, peas, squash and beets. I also bought some organic baby food to mix in. I wanted to give the birds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/?p=9706\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1116,1134,1332,1845],"tags":[2296,7,1036,1876,2289,2297,6,1847],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9706"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9721,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9706\/revisions\/9721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooperscorner.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}