{"id":3923,"date":"2020-06-10T12:18:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box2369.temp.domains\/~andoverl\/live\/?p=3923"},"modified":"2020-06-10T12:37:25","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T16:37:25","slug":"red-pine-cones-susan-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/2020\/06\/10\/red-pine-cones-susan-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Pine Cones &#8211; Susan Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3924 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/box2369.temp.domains\/~andoverl\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/15591-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/15591-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/15591-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/15591-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/15591-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/15591.jpeg 1703w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of the most fascinating things on our farm is the action of the pine cones. Right now the pine tree male cones are releasing their&nbsp;pollen. Clouds of it are flying from the tops of the trees. The female&nbsp;cones take up the pollen and drop off the tree to release seed. It&nbsp;takes years (and for some varieties fire) for the things to actually&nbsp;grow a new tree. Some of our white pines actually have produced&nbsp;babies. The Red Pine cones fall in our driveway right now. I collect&nbsp;baskets of cones which are perfect for Christmas or nature crafts.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3925 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/box2369.temp.domains\/~andoverl\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cones-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cones-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cones-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cones-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cones-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/cones-1.jpg 1860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>My Red Pine cones open in the sun and close up to a small tight&nbsp;package if it rains. I attached a picture I took of two identical&nbsp;cones, one I collected and have in a basket in the house and one I&nbsp;just collected in the driveway after the rain last night. Below is an&nbsp;article about why they do that:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/the-sciences\/pinecones-close-when-it-rains-heres-how-they-do-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/www.discovermagazine.com\/the-sciences\/pinecones-close-when-it-rains-heres-how-they-do-it<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gymnosperms (pines) evolved with the dinosaurs and are a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livescience.com\/37584-paleozoic-era.html#:~:text=The%20Paleozoic%20Era%2C%20which%20ran,first%20vertebrate%20animals%20colonized%20land.\">paleozoic era<\/a> evolution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kids can do an experiment with pine cones described here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GgVWepTfMa0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe> <br \/>\nIt has been such fun playing with our driveway pine cones since it has&nbsp;been raining so much. When they are closed you hardly notice them.&nbsp;When open, you trip and step on them and they make themselves very&nbsp;obvious. They make me collect them and do crafts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pine Cone Crafts and Activities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instrupix.com\/diy-pinecone-flowers-with-stems\/\">Pine Cone Flowers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/255579347595994384\/?nic_v1=1aIPmCFsnSlC6k%2F6ymVo8%2B3924U4%2Fw6KPNUvZGG6ZfzlFZGnVosSqCHvfXRgBQpZz4\">Pine Cone Bonsai<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onelittleproject.com\/pinecone-bird-feeders\/\">Pine Cone Bird Feeder<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nSo many fascinating things around us!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Susan Hill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most fascinating things on our farm is the action of the pine cones. Right now the pine tree male cones are releasing their&nbsp;pollen. Clouds of it are flying from the tops of the trees. The female&nbsp;cones take up the pollen and drop off the tree to release seed. It&nbsp;takes years (and for<span class=\"post-excerpt-end\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/2020\/06\/10\/red-pine-cones-susan-hill\/\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3923"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3932,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3923\/revisions\/3932"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.andover.lib.oh.us\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}