{"id":21331,"date":"2024-08-23T19:13:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T02:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=21331"},"modified":"2024-08-23T20:16:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T03:16:50","slug":"remembering-winter-in-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/remembering-winter-in-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering winter (in summer)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is the height of the heat of summer now, but this week I was browsing back through photos until I arrived at last winter. The yard was green. There was frost. Plants were wet with rain. What a different world \u2013 in the same place, just in the opposite season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Honeyhart-cherimoya.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Honeyhart-cherimoya.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21343\" style=\"width:414px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Honeyhart-cherimoya.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Honeyhart-cherimoya-480x437.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Early winter is cherimoya time. I don&#8217;t grow any, but I beg friends for some each year. Honeyhart is one of my favorites. I ate this one in late December.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/prune-cherry.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"648\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/prune-cherry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21337\" style=\"width:478px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/prune-cherry.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/prune-cherry-480x346.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">December and January are nice times to prune some trees once leaves have dropped. I started pruning this Lapins cherry in December.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sowing-fava-beans.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sowing-fava-beans.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21355\" style=\"width:509px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sowing-fava-beans.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/sowing-fava-beans-480x345.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sowing just before a rain, and then letting nature bring the seeds to life. I love that about winter. My daughter sowed fava beans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/storm-San-Luis-Rey-river-valley.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"658\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/storm-San-Luis-Rey-river-valley.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21351\" style=\"width:553px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/storm-San-Luis-Rey-river-valley.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/storm-San-Luis-Rey-river-valley-980x645.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/storm-San-Luis-Rey-river-valley-480x316.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Storms. I headed into this one filling the San Luis Rey river valley near Bonsall on December 30.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frost-tomatoes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frost-tomatoes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21333\" style=\"width:456px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frost-tomatoes.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/frost-tomatoes-480x381.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Frost happens. On January 8, this was the morning scene. Definitive end to tomato season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/scion-wood-Fruitwood-Nursery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/scion-wood-Fruitwood-Nursery.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21345\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/scion-wood-Fruitwood-Nursery.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/scion-wood-Fruitwood-Nursery-480x338.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scions for grafting deciduous fruit trees are procured in winter. I got these in January from Fruitwood Nursery: Bosc pear, O&#8217;Henry peach, and Blenheim apricot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mushroom-and-mallow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mushroom-and-mallow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21347\" style=\"width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mushroom-and-mallow.jpg 700w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mushroom-and-mallow-480x494.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 700px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Mushrooms and mallow grow in winter in Southern California.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lettuce-in-winter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lettuce-in-winter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21354\" style=\"width:512px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lettuce-in-winter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/lettuce-in-winter-480x376.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My lettuce was in heaven. Fed by rain. nurtured by a cool winter sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/juicing-citrus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/juicing-citrus.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21349\" style=\"width:479px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/juicing-citrus.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/juicing-citrus-480x421.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Time to eat citrus. Here the kids are juicing various citrus in February.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mow-weeds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"613\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mow-weeds.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21335\" style=\"width:469px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mow-weeds.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/mow-weeds-480x327.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Late in winter, the weeds grow tall and the mowing must be done often. Here I mowed a path in March but left some weeds tall and flowering in order to act as food and habitat for insects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/planting-mango.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/planting-mango.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21340\" style=\"width:473px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/planting-mango.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/planting-mango-480x357.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The tail end of winter can be nice for planting since the soil is still moist. My boys planted a mango in March.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It felt like taking a vacation looking through these photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s hard to believe, while it\u2019s 90 degrees and dusty outside today, that it will look like that again. But it will, in only four more months. Are you ready?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To all the Supporters who keep The Yard Posts free of ads, we say thanks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find a lot more posts <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the height of the heat of summer now, but this week I was browsing back through photos until I arrived at last winter. The yard was green. There was frost. Plants were wet with rain. What a different world \u2013 in the same place, just in the opposite season. 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