{"id":1975,"date":"2018-04-24T10:16:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/?p=1975"},"modified":"2018-04-24T10:16:46","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T14:16:46","slug":"survival-and-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/survival-and-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Survival and Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After some freakishly strange weather, we seem to be on a somewhat even keel here on the homestead.\u00a0 From 80 degrees one day down to 26 overnight the following night, it looked a little dicey for plant survival.\u00a0 But, all&#8217;s well and our seedlings are recuperating even though they weren&#8217;t covered on that frosty night (cuz the forecast called for eight degrees warmer &#8211; jeez).<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1975 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon 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