No Ice On My Citrus…Yet!
It’s a bit nippy out today, for this part of the world. Temps went down into the low 40’s last night, and are not expected out of the 60’s today. That’s actually my idea of perfect weather. Cool enough to feel really good to me, but not so cold as to kill my plants, many of which can’t take anything in the mid-30’s, much less a hard freeze. I can see some leaf damage on things like my firespike and the banana plants, but nothing is dead so far, and of course, temps will be back up into the 70’s by tomorrow. That’s how it will be most of the winter, I imagine. Highs in the mid 70’s to low 80’s, and low’s in the 60’s most of the time, with the occasional day or two of near-freezing temps, followed by an immediate warm up. And at some point, we will probably have at least one or two nights that put ice in the birdbaths and leave local oranges looking like those above.
The good news is, the cold isn’t unrelenting and miserable for weeks on end. The bad news is, you never know quite what to expect. One day you are wearing shorts, the next, earmuffs. Then it’s back to shorts again. That’s winter in central Florida.
Hope those of you in colder climes are keeping warm and building snowmen. Or at least your kids are! And here’s to a Happy and Prosperous New Year for all!
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