{"id":3955,"date":"2021-12-22T09:38:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T09:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/?p=3955"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:38:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T09:38:30","slug":"shortest-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/shortest-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortest day"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3955\" class=\"elementor elementor-3955\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-367c383 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"367c383\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b80d59b\" data-id=\"b80d59b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6461fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6461fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tuesday was our shortest day of the year. To me it\u2019s the first milestone of winter as from now on each day will be getting a little bit more daylight. However that change is very gradual for the next few weeks.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3957\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3957\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3957\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0B5F3EC7-C54B-4F8D-B853-F25568D4640F.jpeg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0B5F3EC7-C54B-4F8D-B853-F25568D4640F.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0B5F3EC7-C54B-4F8D-B853-F25568D4640F.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/0B5F3EC7-C54B-4F8D-B853-F25568D4640F.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harvested on 21 December 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Despite Tuesday being another cold and cloudy day we decided to pop down to the allotment to harvest what we could for Christmas dinner. We had no intention of staying any longer than we needed to. The Brussels sprouts plants were dug up and the whole plant including most of the roots placed in a bucket to take home. We\u2019re hoping this will keep the sprouts as fresh as possible for Christmas Day.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3946\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3946\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3946\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/70794DAC-C14F-4460-8A46-4522B9296706.jpeg?resize=1000%2C563&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/70794DAC-C14F-4460-8A46-4522B9296706.jpeg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/70794DAC-C14F-4460-8A46-4522B9296706.jpeg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/70794DAC-C14F-4460-8A46-4522B9296706.jpeg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3946\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brussels sprouts &#8211; Crispus<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Tuesday became the fifth day in a row without a hint of sunshine. We\u2019ve had a couple of frosty nights this week but the cloudy, and sometimes misty, conditions have left everything extremely wet even though though there has been very little rain this week.<\/p><figure id=\"attachment_3954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3954\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3954\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-12-21-temps.png?resize=1024%2C396&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-12-21-temps.png?w=1509&amp;ssl=1 1509w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-12-21-temps.png?resize=300%2C116&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-12-21-temps.png?resize=1024%2C396&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ossettweather.com\/gardening2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-12-21-temps.png?resize=768%2C297&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Temperatures &amp; rainfall Record 15-21 December 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure><p>Whilst it\u2019s nice to know that that the hours of daylight are increasing, I always think that the worst of the winter weather will be in January and February. I\u2019m not sure if the weather models have decided whether we\u2019ll get rain or snow over Christmas Day and Boxing Day. I\u2019m guessing if the weather follows the usual late December pattern it will be rain.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday was our shortest day of the year. To me it\u2019s the first milestone of winter as from now on each day will be getting a little bit more daylight. However that change is very gradual for the next few weeks. 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