{"id":27,"date":"2007-05-24T13:11:30","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T17:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/24\/tomato-wine-transplanting-delayed\/"},"modified":"2007-05-24T13:11:30","modified_gmt":"2007-05-24T17:11:30","slug":"tomato-wine-transplanting-delayed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/washingtonwinemaker.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/24\/tomato-wine-transplanting-delayed\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomato Wine: Transplanting delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to write software for a living, and one thorny issue never far form anyone’s mind was the release date. This was the result of changes, unexpected problems, negotiation, compromise, tests of will, overtime, threats of violence, and – ok maybe not threats of violence. Not explicit ones anyway. The point is that the actual date on which software gets delivered is often different from the date on which it was promised. So it is with my tomatoes (I never imagined those<\/em> two sentences going together!).<\/p>\n

\"Gold<\/p>\n

I had planned<\/a> on transplanting them on the 22nd, but more recent forecasts tell of cold nights ahead. I want nice warm 50+ Fahrenheit (10+ Celsius) nights before I transplant them, and it looks like the 27th will see lows of 44F (a bit less than 7C). So I’ve slipped the release date, um delayed transplanting I mean, to the 29th. Once a software guy, always a software guy …<\/p>\n

In the meantime, my tomatoes and other transplants (I do actually eat some of my vegetables) will commute to the patio every morning. And it’s getting to be quite a traffic jam in those pots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I used to write software for a living, and one thorny issue never far form anyone’s mind was the release date. This was the result of changes, unexpected problems, negotiation, compromise, tests of will, overtime, threats of violence, and – ok maybe not threats of violence. Not explicit ones anyway. The point is that the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,35],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-tomato-wine","tag-nad"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t