autumn

Killer frost arrives

11.15.2012

Yesterday morning, our lettuce and spinach was coated in frost, the leaves stiff. The roses down the street were stiff and cracked when I touched them. Fall has ended and, from a plant’s standpoint, winter has begun. On the nights of November 12-13 and November 14-15 2012, the temperature dipped below 28F at about 3am [...]

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The longest autumn, coming to an end

11.12.2012

I don’t remember an autumn that has lasted as long as this one in Central Kentucky.  After the severe drought in the early summer, we had a wet late summer and fall.  Trees in the urban area of Lexington and in surrounding forests began showing bright colors in August.  Now, on November 12, there are [...]

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