{"id":62155,"date":"2015-01-02T16:50:23","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=62155"},"modified":"2015-01-02T16:50:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T20:50:23","slug":"occasional-daily-weather-report-1215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/agrowingobsession.com\/?p=62155","title":{"rendered":"Occasional Daily Weather Report 1\/2\/15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>The thrumming of little portable heaters has been the constant background noise here at home in these brand-new days of the new year.  A post-holiday chest cold has descended on the entire household, which has left me fit for nothing but shuffling around the garden in between extended bouts on the couch, getting up only to make more tea.  The recent rains have brought on a wealth of germination, with new self-sown seedlings turning up every day to inspect and identify as friend or foe.  The self-sown poppies are already small plants.  A new book is the perfect companion when home sick, and I&#8217;ve had this Christmas present, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.remodelista.com\/posts\/required-reading-vintage-industrial-by-misha-de-potestad-and-patrice-pascal\">Vintage Industrial<\/a>, at my side quite a bit, relieved to discover lots of in-depth history amongst the beautiful photos.  Temps the past couple nights made a rare and alarming descent into the mid 30s, setting a record at Los Angeles International Airport on January 1, 2015, of 36 degrees.  (Please stop snickering, because that passes for cold in January in Los Angeles.)  <\/p>\n<p>But thankfully that&#8217;s not low enough to cause any real trouble in the garden.<br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2014\/P1012875.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1012875.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hybrid Aeonium &#8216;Cyclops,&#8217; for example, is hardy down to 25 degreees.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2014\/P1012792.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1012792.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The cold does a nice job of inducing even more ruffling of the leaves<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2014\/P1012780.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1012780.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unlabeled, but what looks like Aloe capitata in bloom at the base of the potted aeonium.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2014\/P1012845.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1012845.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bromeliads and potted succulents unphased by temps in the mid 30s.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2014\/P1012746.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1012746.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More warmth in the orangey overlay to newly acquired Aloe elgonica<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i52.photobucket.com\/albums\/g23\/botanizeme\/december2014\/P1012873.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\" photo P1012873.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last photo before I return to the kitchen to warm the kettle again.  Some bright winter color on the paler version of the pork and beans plant, Sedum rubrotinctum &#8216;Aurora&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Wishing you a happy, healthy New Year!<\/p>\n<p><\/big><br \/>\n<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The thrumming of little portable heaters has been the constant background noise here at home in these brand-new days of the new year. 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