Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There will be no peaches, apples or corn from northern Alabama this year. The wheat is damaged but we can't tell how bad yet. Bill Grimwood ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tina Manley" <images@comporium.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 9:51 AM Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Re: [Leica] Unusual Freeze Damage > At 10:22 PM 4/21/2007, you wrote: > >>In my 77 years, I have never seen this situation before. In Tennessee, >>the governor is trying to see if he can get disaster aid for the farmers >>and fruit growers, and I have heard that the situation is similar in the >>Carolinas. >> >>Jim Nichols >>Tullahoma, TN USA > > Yes, it is a disaster here in the Carolinas. 100% of the peach crop is > gone. At my farm we lost peaches, apples, figs, pears - I don't know if > any of them will come back. The fig bushes - some as big as a house - > look totally dead. My Japanese maple, which was beautiful with spring > leaves, now has dead tags hanging all over the tree. Huge hickory trees > in the forest are totally brown. There is a big peach orchard just up the > road and I talked to the woman there who said they lost every single tree. > There will be no South Carolina peaches this year. :-( > > Tina > > Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA > http://www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >