{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Steely grows massive sweet potato &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ggyoe3HYCV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/steely-grows-massive-sweet-potato\/\">Steely grows massive sweet potato<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/steely-grows-massive-sweet-potato\/embed\/#?secret=ggyoe3HYCV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Steely grows massive sweet potato&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"ggyoe3HYCV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Steely-Sweet-Potato.jpg","thumbnail_width":288,"thumbnail_height":384,"description":"A local resident was amazed when she realized she hit the jackpot in her little flower\/vegetable garden. Ms. Betty Steely, of Williamsburg, grew an enormous sweet potato purely by accident. Betty said she purchased a few sweet potatoes from the grocery store back in the spring, and one had started sprouting. So, she and a friend decided to plant it in her little raised bed garden, which holds flowers, tomatoes and peppers.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s basically what I wanted, was a pretty vine,\u201d said Betty. She said the vine never bloomed or anything all summer, so she wasn\u2019t sure it was really doing anything.\u00a0 Then on Thursday, October 8, Betty and her friend decided to see if there were any potatoes growing on the vine.\u00a0 She just expected normal sized sweet potatoes if there was anything on it. A normal sized sweet potato is approximately 5 inches long, and weighs around 4.5 ounces. Betty\u2019s friend started digging with her hands, and ended up pulling a massive sweet potato out of the ground. The colossal sweet potato weighed in at 5 lbs. and was 14 inches long. \u201cI was just shocked. It was heavy,\u201d said Betty.\u00a0 She did get more of the orange tuberous vegetables, which were growing from it. The rest of the potatoes \u201cwere just the right baking size,\u201d she said. \u201cI wonder how many hours it would take to bake it,\u201d Betty said questioningly."}