{"id":7878,"date":"2014-03-20T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T00:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/infusionfibers.wordpress.com\/?p=7878"},"modified":"2016-02-25T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T00:04:44","slug":"vernal-equinox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/vernal-equinox\/","title":{"rendered":"vernal equinox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6a_prune.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6a_prune.jpg\" alt=\"equinox_6a_prune\" width=\"1000\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6a_prune.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6a_prune-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6a_prune-768x519.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>The Stanley Prune is starting to flower. Maybe we will have our first fruits from this tree this year. There were tiny bees &#8211; which I think were mason bees &#8211; buzzing around the new blossoms today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/feb25_apricot_blossom_0.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9587\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/feb25_apricot_blossom_0.jpg\" alt=\"feb25_apricot_blossom_0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/feb25_apricot_blossom_0.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/feb25_apricot_blossom_0-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/feb25_apricot_blossom_0-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Flowering apricot. The prettiest pink.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_5.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9590\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_5.jpg\" alt=\"equinox_5\" width=\"1000\" height=\"707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_5.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_5-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_5-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>The first of the sugar snap peas, with so many more to plant! We&#8217;d like to grow more of these than ever this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9589\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_2.jpg\" alt=\"equinox_2\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>One single tomato seed has sprouted. Just today.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9591\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6.jpg\" alt=\"equinox_6\" width=\"1000\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/equinox_6-768x657.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>We have been hitting the weeds hard the last couple weeks. This is the best time, while the ground is soft and they are relatively small still. They grew like <em>crazy<\/em> this year, with our mild winter.<\/p>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Winter was pretty mild &#8211; even for here &#8211; and spring has been coming gradually and gracefully. I am so grateful for this time of year, with warmer, longer days; meals outside again, with fresh herbs at an arms length; coffee time in the sunshine; camp fires in the yard; digging in the dirt. I feel like an emerging young plant &#8211; sort of sleepy still from the dark of winter, yet bursting with life and ready to bloom. I won&#8217;t even start with my excitement for summer!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Spring friends, even if it doesn&#8217;t quite feel like it yet where you are.<\/p>\n<p>xo<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Stanley Prune is starting to flower. Maybe we will have our first fruits from this tree this year. There were tiny bees &#8211; which I think were mason bees &#8211; buzzing around the new blossoms today. Flowering apricot. 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