{"id":8479,"date":"2015-02-20T22:43:11","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T05:43:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/infusionfibers.wordpress.com\/?p=8479"},"modified":"2016-02-29T16:18:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T00:18:06","slug":"the-winter-that-never-was","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/the-winter-that-never-was\/","title":{"rendered":"the winter that never was"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It looks and feels a lot like spring here, and it has for a while now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/feb_greens_0.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10025\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/feb_greens_0.jpg\" alt=\"feb_greens_0\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/feb_greens_0.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/feb_greens_0-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/feb_greens_0-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><em>Self sown and self maintained greens and flowers.<\/em> After a tough go with kale this past summer, it has beautifully transformed with the cooler, moister weather.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apricot_blossoms_0a.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10027\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10027\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apricot_blossoms_0a.jpg\" alt=\"apricot_blossoms_0a\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apricot_blossoms_0a.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apricot_blossoms_0a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/apricot_blossoms_0a-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><em>Flowering apricot.<\/em> This year marks the biggest show yet for this little tree. Fruit? Apparently that is another matter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10028\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10028\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb.jpg\" alt=\"hoophouse_feb\" width=\"1000\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><em>Hoop house carrots, planted in the summer.<\/em> It was too hot back then and they didn&#8217;t take well, but over the late fall and winter they have taken care of themselves. I haven&#8217;t watered in here for months, so was really surprised to find them! And they have been so sweet and delicious. Over the course of a week or 2 I&#8217;ve picked a handful at a time. We are finishing the last of them now and I am making a mental note to do this again, with a little bit more effort on my part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb_1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10029\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10029\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb_1.jpg\" alt=\"hoophouse_feb_1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb_1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/hoophouse_feb_1-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>I finally started cleaning out the hoophouse. This year we need to replace the end walls, which were set up with plastic sheeting we had lying around, and wasn&#8217;t really suited for so much sun exposure. We have all the materials on hand now, and the plan is that we get it done this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crocus_diptych.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10030\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10030\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crocus_diptych.jpg\" alt=\"crocus_diptych\" width=\"822\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crocus_diptych.jpg 822w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crocus_diptych-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crocus_diptych-768x341.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 822px) 100vw, 822px\" \/><\/a><em>Crocus.<\/em> Fresh, tiny, beauties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gunnera.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10031\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10031\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gunnera.jpg\" alt=\"gunnera\" width=\"947\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gunnera.jpg 947w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gunnera-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/gunnera-768x535.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 947px) 100vw, 947px\" \/><\/a><em>Some of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=gunnera&amp;client=ubuntu&amp;hs=2Y4&amp;channel=fs&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=sxfoVODJH4GBgwTRu4FQ&amp;ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&amp;biw=1215&amp;bih=673\" target=\"_blank\">Gunnera<\/a> babies.<\/em> Steven has been raising (SO MANY OF) these Dinosaur plants from seed. This year they should put on a huge amount of growth. We&#8217;re wondering what we&#8217;ll do with them all&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset_february_1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10032\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset_february_1.jpg\" alt=\"sunset_february_1\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset_february_1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset_february_1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/sunset_february_1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a>Most every evening lately we are lulled by spring peepers, one of my favorite, most comforting sounds at this home. I think this year marks the earliest appearance they have made yet.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I know it&#8217;s bitter cold and snowy on the east coast, which has been so hard to imagine here. I try to keep in mind that nothing will necessarily be as I&#8217;ve known it to be. There could be another ice age. We could dry up and this land will turn to desert. Everything is changing. And we are changing, too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks and feels a lot like spring here, and it has for a while now. Self sown and self maintained greens and flowers. After a tough go with kale this past summer, it has beautifully transformed with the cooler, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/the-winter-that-never-was\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[253,211],"tags":[1153,213],"class_list":["post-8479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening","category-seasonal-observations","tag-february","tag-garden"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/feb_greens_0.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6VwJK-2cL","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8479"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10033,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8479\/revisions\/10033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shopinfusion.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}