Well it is mild here again as Florida gets hit with freezing weather ruining crops – Really what is going on?

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(Download Original for best viewing) Virtual panorama of Leafy Greens, operated by farmer Tom Heess in the Salinas Valley, California on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Leafy Greens grows row crops of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower sweet peas and seed beans. He uses rotational crop plantings to control weeds and plant disease. When a plot of land is at rest, he plants a cover crop of barley and rye grass (foreground) because the roots hold the topsoil reducing erosion of the soil. He is converting his irrigation system from conventional sprinklers (operating field behind large tree in the center) to micro irrigation (on fields not seen here). Where one system produces runoff and erosion (right of center tree) of the soil; the other has little or no erosion, less maintenance, easy harvest and less water is needed. When seasonal rains produce runoff, the silt that flows with it is caught in sediment ponds (far left, left and right of center tree and right of field being watered). The ponds have grass, bushes and trees to hold the structure and allow the silt to settle. Spillways lead to holding ponds and eventually the Salinas River (tree line behind the three trees on right) a tributary of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. So far, because of its design and efficiency, no water has made it to the river. USDA Photo Illustration by Lance Cheung.

Question by Trout: Well it is mild here again as Florida gets hit with freezing weather ruining crops – Really what is going on?
In the northern hemisphere it is accepted that Jan is the coldest month of the year — July the warmest

I wish I could remember exactly when — but Cdn Geese a migratory bird — no longer all migrate –

It is hard to miss a gaggle of Geese in Jan in a park in Canada

The grass is green again this winter — not enough snow cover to turn it brown — the earth soft enough to put a boot print into it

We just had a cold snap minus 10 or 15 I think — with the wind chill it felt like minus 20 according to the guy on the news …. and me too

But we now appear to be back to our new norm — thick sweater or a light jacket — hardly tee shirt weather but markedly warm for this time of year — and that has become a trend over the past 5 yrs

Jan and Feb thaws of a few days of warm weather which caused some of the snow to melt has flipped to become a Jan and Feb freeze for a few days

Flowers out of whack — migratory patterns changed — green grass

————– ————– Yeah fine —————————-

Florida gets hit with freezing temperatures threatening to ruin crops – Texas has a snow storm or two etc

The north seems to be getting warmer weather patterns the south colder

Really what is going on here ?

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