{"id":251,"date":"2010-08-11T12:01:59","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pigandegg.com\/hayloft\/?p=251"},"modified":"2010-08-11T12:02:00","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T16:02:00","slug":"hot-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pigandegg.com\/hayloft\/hot-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4879507306\" title=\"View 'IMG_2417' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4136\/4879507306_a4ebc5a5ff.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The summer of 2010 makes the summer of 2009 feel like a season we spent on another continent: the persistent rain, the never-ending chill in the air, the moldy vegetables and blighted tomatoes of last year have given way to cracking soil, vibrant vegetables, and early-ripening peppers. We&#8217;ve put away the muck boots and raincoats of last year and started gardening barefoot and dreaming of a pond to wallow in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4878895329\" title=\"View 'IMG_2356' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/4878895329_f1dc8f42ca.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our little flock of ducks would like a pond, too&#8211;they&#8217;ve outgrown the little koi pond they colonized as ducklings (and, incidentally, eaten most of the koi&#8211;who knew). But they&#8217;ve been plenty happy foraging for slugs and sleeping the hot afternoons away in the shade of cornstalks and potato plants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4878897757\" title=\"View 'IMG_2407' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4095\/4878897757_ef66b883af.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4879506682\" title=\"View 'IMG_2402' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"375\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4136\/4879506682_816e2a4b97.jpg\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4879506392\" title=\"View 'IMG_2393' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4097\/4879506392_634dde830b.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4878896831\" title=\"View 'IMG_2389' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4077\/4878896831_4560d0ff96.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4878896573\" title=\"View 'IMG_2380' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4118\/4878896573_0b2f34c554.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4879505012\" title=\"View 'IMG_2374' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"375\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4094\/4879505012_fde4c2f7a6.jpg\" height=\"500\"\/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/10288018@N08\/4878895567\" title=\"View 'IMG_2372' on Flickr.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"500\" alt=\"#alttext#\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4123\/4878895567_70e32f3ccd.jpg\" height=\"375\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The summer of 2010 makes the summer of 2009 feel like a season we spent on another continent: the persistent rain, the never-ending chill in the air, the moldy vegetables and blighted tomatoes of last year have given way to cracking soil, vibrant vegetables, and early-ripening peppers. 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