{"id":2453,"date":"2012-02-29T11:38:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T10:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/blog\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2012-02-29T11:38:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T10:38:53","slug":"winter-drought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/?p=2453","title":{"rendered":"Winter Drought"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Allotment Plots are sitting in an area experiencing a two-year winter drought.<\/p>\n

On the 9th February at Allotment Plot at MERL, it was a cold, dull, grey day. The ground was dry and frigid. Evaporation<\/em> was methodically drying the soil. The recent weather conditions had been a mixture of bright sunshine, frost, snow and a lack of rain; the frost however, was not icy, because of this. The Mulberry Tree sat next to the Plot breathing slowly, waiting for Spring and it’s sap to rise again. Ella Montt had arrived at the Plot anticipating the harvesting of slender Leeks, but the Leeks were too slim pickings and so were left attached to the soil. The potential of this year’s plant growth within the Plot was severely delayed. The evidence of vegetables was becoming questionable to the human eye. Garlic and Onion shoots looked like they were trying to emerge from the soil, but they<\/em> seemed most uncertain. A force that stretched from across the galaxy and interacted with the Earth’s moisture flow was restricting Ella Montt’s efforts.<\/p>\n

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12th February 2012 – At Allotment Plot 326 snow lay on the ground, some of it had melted away. Leeks were harvested. Drought continued.<\/p>\n

Harvest: Leeks Blue Green Winter<\/em> = 1lb 7oz = 650g.<\/p>\n

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24th February 2012 – There was still no rain and the temperature was almost like an early spring. Many breathing objects, including humans, announced that the climatic conditions were quite beautiful. Kant walked outside in to the open air and nodded with agreement. In the fixed-up greenhouse at another location, Ella Montt decided it was not too early to plant seeds.<\/p>\n

Seeds planted: Brussels Sprouts Darkmor 21<\/em>; Tomato Marmande, Chadwick<\/em> and Brandywine<\/em>; Pepper (Hot) Earley Jalapeno<\/em> and Ring O’Fire<\/em>; Artichoke Arad<\/em> and Aubergine Black Beauty<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Allotment Plots are sitting in an area experiencing a two-year winter drought. On the 9th February at Allotment Plot at MERL, it was a cold, dull, grey day. The ground was dry and frigid. Evaporation was methodically drying the soil. The recent weather conditions had been a mixture of bright sunshine, frost, snow and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[7,29,128],"class_list":["post-2453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allotment","category-drought","tag-drought","tag-plant","tag-seeds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.katecorder.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}