{"id":18531,"date":"2014-03-13T06:00:13","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/?p=18531"},"modified":"2014-04-14T09:50:48","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T17:50:48","slug":"orchid-eviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/13\/orchid-eviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchid Eviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AboutOrchids has moved to a new home! We had rented a sunny garden apartment in the middle of San Francisco since the mid-1990&#8217;s, but our building was sold last year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/12\/03\/247531636\/as-rent-soars-longtime-san-francisco-tenants-fight-to-stay\" target=\"_blank\">With San Francisco&#8217;s eviction epidemic making national news,<\/a> we weren&#8217;t surprised when the new owners kicked us out. It&#8217;s been very stressful, but fortunately, Dave and I found a wonderful new home. It&#8217;s in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cityofpacifica.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacifica<\/a>, a beach town about 20 minutes drive south of San Francisco. We&#8217;ve just moved in, and our lives are still stuffed in boxes around the house.\u00a0 I&#8217;m happy to report that all our orchids have survived the journey (so far!)<\/p>\n<p>Pacifica is a great town, known for a laid-back surfer scene and lots of foggy weather. There&#8217;s\u00a0even <a href=\"http:\/\/pacificcoastfogfest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">an annual Fog Fest<\/a> to celebrate the sand and surf. I&#8217;m no surfer, but I&#8217;ve visited Pacifica many times over the years, and have friends who live here. Still, it&#8217;s a big change from city life.<\/p>\n<p>Moving 10 miles (16 km) away may not seem like much of a change for the plants, but the San Francisco Bay Area is a land of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Microclimate\" target=\"_blank\">microclimates<\/a>. Here in Pacifica, we&#8217;re right on the coast. There&#8217;s much more wind and fog this close to the ocean. Salty air may take a toll on some plants, and strong winds will be a constant challenge. In our San Francisco garden, raccoons and squirrels occasionally caused plant damage. Here in Pacifica, I can add gophers and skunks to the list of troublesome critters.<\/p>\n<p>The new house, back patio, and back garden are all south-facing, so there&#8217;s lots of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/light.html\">light<\/a>. Foggy days will give relief from the sun&#8217;s strength for many orchids. On sunny days, I&#8217;ll need to watch that it&#8217;s not too hot, or the plants may burn. I&#8217;m keeping both indoor and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/care\/details\/outdoor.html\">outdoor orchids<\/a> in shade for the first few weeks. Then I&#8217;ll try to figure out the best spots for different plant needs. In the meantime, it&#8217;s back to unpacking&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/View_of_Pacifica_California_1000px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-18601\" alt=\"View of Pacifica, California, looking south\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/View_of_Pacifica_California_1000px-128x85.jpg\" width=\"128\" height=\"85\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/View_of_Pacifica_California_1000px-128x85.jpg 128w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/View_of_Pacifica_California_1000px-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/View_of_Pacifica_California_1000px.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AboutOrchids has moved to a new home! We had rented a sunny garden apartment in the middle of San Francisco since the mid-1990&#8217;s, but our building was sold last year. With San Francisco&#8217;s eviction epidemic making national news, we weren&#8217;t surprised when the new owners kicked us out. It&#8217;s been very stressful, but fortunately, Dave [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misc","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18531"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18607,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18531\/revisions\/18607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aboutorchids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}