{"id":33,"date":"2017-06-25T20:37:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T20:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/?p=33"},"modified":"2017-06-25T20:41:32","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T20:41:32","slug":"its-summer-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/its-summer-time\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Summer Time&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Optimistic and ambitious in the face of chaos and change, we press on. These are the tales of modern day pioneers\u00a0forging new paths into the future&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>From the Valley<\/h2>\n<p>Growth is the norm here, and change is never-ending. We&#8217;re learning and making changes, stepping up our game. Expanding beyond a singular context, we now have both farming and urban adventures.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/momsgarden.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/momsgarden-1024x576.png\" alt=\"vegetable garden with farmland in the background\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/momsgarden-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/momsgarden-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/momsgarden.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Getting trellis and paths installed, and planting more watermelons!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This weekend we got the main crop planted, and expanded the vegetable garden, as well as a bunch of other little projects.<\/p>\n<p>As we continue to make improvements to the infrastructure and expand the scope of operations, the farm is growing more and more, in every sense of the word.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-34\" src=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bridge-1024x576.png\" alt=\"planks crossing a ditch\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bridge-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bridge-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/bridge.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Expanding access into the south pasture.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Seeds have been planted, and now they grow. This year I&#8217;m looking forward to lots of chilis and watermellons, and if I&#8217;m lucky we might get some plums in a week or two.<\/p>\n<h2>Situation: Normal<\/h2>\n<p>Life continues, and we&#8217;re not only holding steady, we&#8217;re improving.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/patriusfamilius.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40\" src=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/patriusfamilius-1024x576.png\" alt=\"Dad and Ringo\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/patriusfamilius-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/patriusfamilius-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/patriusfamilius.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Management supervising the operations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8217;twas ever thus.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile,\u00a0\u00a0now that I&#8217;ve finished\u00a0my chores, I&#8217;m back in the city and getting ready to go play some hockey.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s a different story entirely&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>More on that later- take care in the meantime, and I will be in touch!<\/p>\n<p>Peace!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimistic and ambitious in the face of chaos and change, we press on. These are the tales of modern day pioneers&nbsp;forging new paths into the future&hellip; From the Valley Growth is the norm here, and change is never-ending. We&rsquo;re learning and making changes, stepping up our game. Expanding beyond a singular context, we now have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/its-summer-time\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">It&#8217;s Summer Time&#8230;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,3],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-day-in-the-life","tag-the-farm","tag-update"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44,"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hippyjo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}