{"id":24110,"date":"2019-12-04T18:34:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T17:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=24110"},"modified":"2020-09-21T18:37:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T16:37:03","slug":"a-weekend-in-paradise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=24110","title":{"rendered":"A weekend in paradise: arrival and the Celo Inn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 2018 both myself and Joe Hollis were invited as speakers at The Potential of Perennials for Food System Resilience Symposium in Stans,\u00a0 Switzerland. I also had the opportunity to spend a great day botanising at two of Zurich&#8217;s Botanical Gardens with Joe, see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=17040\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=17040<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Joe said to me at the time that I should come visit if I was ever in the US. I already knew at that time I was invited by Sam Thayer and Melissa Price to the Midwest Wild Harvest Festival at the end of September this year, but Joe&#8217;s place seemed a long trek south, so I forgot the idea. Then this spring, I was asked if I would be interested to do a talk at the Atlanta Botanical Garden&#8230;.and I managed to change my travel plans to do this&#8230;and looking at the map I noticed it wasn&#8217;t too far from Joe&#8217;s Mountain Gardens (aka as Paradise)! So I contacted him and he replied: <em>&#8220;Good to hear from you and that is great news!\u00a0 I am very much looking forward to showing you around my garden and adjacent National Forest land, there is a lot to see&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>So it came to past that I arrived in Asheville, North Carolina on 21st September 2019 and picked up a hire car as Joe&#8217;s place was an hour or more up in the Black Mountains subrange of the Appalachians. Four hours later I arrived at my hotel, the Celo Inn (as for why it took so long see the album captions).\u00a0 It turns out that the Celo community is one of the oldest intentiona communities in the world (1937), based on ideals of cooperation between residents and care for the natural environment&#8230;.and it turns out that a neighbour and old colleague back in Trondheim actually went to school here&#8230;small world!<\/p>\n<p>The pictures below show the approach road to Mountain Gardens from the Celo Inn (only a 5-10 min, drive away) and my first look into the garden!<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-24110 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24117'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1570\" height=\"984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Asheville.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Asheville.jpg 1570w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Asheville-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Asheville-768x481.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Asheville-1024x642.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1570px) 100vw, 1570px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24118'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1570\" height=\"984\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain-Gardens-to-Asheville.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24118\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain-Gardens-to-Asheville.jpg 1570w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain-Gardens-to-Asheville-300x188.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain-Gardens-to-Asheville-768x481.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain-Gardens-to-Asheville-1024x642.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1570px) 100vw, 1570px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24118'>\n\t\t\t\tI hired a car in Asheville and drove up to Joe&#8217;s place, easier said than done as I lost hte GPS signal and my phone didn&#8217;t work. People I asked hdn&#8217;t heard of the Celo Inn where I as booked to stay nor Mountain Gardens. I finally got reception on some higher ground and finally got to the accomodation 4 hours after leaving Asheville (should have been a little over an hour!)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24116'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"1067\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180886.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24116\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180886.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180886-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180886-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180886-300x400.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24116'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Celo Inn! \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24120'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1102\" height=\"681\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mtn-Gardens-celo-inn.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mtn-Gardens-celo-inn.jpg 1102w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mtn-Gardens-celo-inn-300x185.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mtn-Gardens-celo-inn-768x475.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mtn-Gardens-celo-inn-1024x633.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24120'>\n\t\t\t\tMountain Gardens is in the foothills of Mount Mitchell, the highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and the highest peak in mainland eastern North America. At 2,037m, at this latitude the summit is covered in  spruce-fir forest, Red spruce  (Picea rubens) and Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri).\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24111'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3060\" height=\"2900\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190007.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24111\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190007.jpg 3060w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190007-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190007-768x728.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190007-1024x970.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3060px) 100vw, 3060px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24111'>\n\t\t\t\tWho would guess that this is a sign to Paradise? This unassuming sign, along the road between the Celo Inn and Mountain Gardens was even pointing in the wrong direction\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24112'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190009.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24112\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190009.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190009-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190009-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24112'>\n\t\t\t\tThe approach to one of the most important places on the planet!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24113'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190010.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190010.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190010-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190010-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24113'>\n\t\t\t\tBear left at the crossing\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24114'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190011.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24114\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190011.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190011-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190011-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24114'>\n\t\t\t\tParking the car on the now gravel road, it wasn&#8217;t difficult to spot that this was Joe Hollis&#8217; place and again a modest sign welcomes the visitor at the entrance!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24122'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"733\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_from-above.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24122\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_from-above.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_from-above-300x275.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_from-above-768x704.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24122'>\n\t\t\t\tMountain Gardens from above\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24127'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190014.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-24127\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190014.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190014-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190014-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-24127'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack walnuts and a myriad of other native and introduced trees form the canopy of this forest garden\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Entering the garden for the first time I spy what is probably the native North American devil&#8217;s walking stick\u00a0<em>Aralia spinosa<\/em> in full flower. Does this species flower much later than Japanese <em>Aralia elata<\/em>? My A. elata had finished flowering at home.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-24110-1\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_Aralia_spinosa-2.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_Aralia_spinosa-2.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mountain_gardens_Aralia_spinosa-2.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-24110 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26440'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180884.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26440\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180884.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180884-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180884-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180884-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26440'>\n\t\t\t\tJoe Hollis and his son\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26442'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180880.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26442\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180880.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180880-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180880-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180880-640x480.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26442'>\n\t\t\t\tBlack walnuts?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26443'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180881.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26443\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180881.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180881-300x198.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180881-768x507.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180881-640x422.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26443'>\n\t\t\t\tA home made walnut cracker\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=26441'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180879.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-26441\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180879.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180879-300x254.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180879-768x651.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180879-640x542.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-26441'>\n\t\t\t\t&#8230;or crack by this method\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The following morning I walked around the grounds of the Celo Inn on a warm sunny day with monarch and swallowtail butterflies on the ornamental Asters. The owners had quite extensive vegetable beds and the ripe chilis bore witness that the summers were hot even up here in the mountains.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-24110 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24144'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180892-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-24144\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180892-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180892-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180892-300x400.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1180892.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-24144'>\n\t\t\t\tHosta \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=24143'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190004.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-24143\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190004.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190004-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/P1190004-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text 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