This is Upper Michigan not Central Texas. There’s no snow on the ground here at all. But it feels like the picture because it sure is cold. The elephant ears in the front yard at the Rancho are turning black, like rare reader Diller’s ladyfinger banana plants. He’s a farmer in the West Central Florida panhandle where he has cows to worry about. JD Allen, down in Brazosport, likewise expects to lose his red and yellow hibiscus. I’m worried for the rose bushes in the Back Forty. Time will tell.
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We have bananas to spare here. Esp. in exchange for some of that snow. Ehehe, it looks like another drought year.
Dick, thanks for asking about the cows. Sat. morning here, and my worst case scenario is occurring, cold rain. We are actually about 50 miles SE of Tampa,in west central Fl.,and this kind of cold is very uncommon for us,so we are ill prepared to handle it. Don’t get me wrong,these range cattle are tough and hardy ol gals,but they are calving now and some aren’t as fat as they need to be,plus our operating costs will go out of sight,with the supplement prices and hay.And unlike the dairy industry,we don’t have Uncle bailing us out.Hope your and JD’s plants fair well,my banana plants don’t worry me near as much as my animals and livlihood, I’m praying for the best,and preparing for the worst.
Sorry to hear about the cold rain, Diller. My plants are fairly trivial compared to your situation and like JD says he and I should know better than to plant non-native anything. Good luck to you and the cows. Thanks for correction on your location.
Snoopy, sorry to hear about another drought. We seem to be out of our old one. But they do come frequently. In fact, the weather warriors like to say that the normal weather condition in Texas is drought.