Coming from a long line of farmers, I know how crucial a hard freeze is to agriculture. As a child, I hardly recall a single Christmas without snow, but it began to change in the '70's. Now we never know, and a white Christmas is a real treat. We're at the bottom of the Midwest, in Kentucky. And yes, the insects were terrible this year. I hate 90-100 degree weather in the Summer, but I can deal with it as long as it's balanced by a good, solid, frigid Winter stretch. I love the change of seasons, it's magickal!
Coming from a long line of farmers, I know how crucial a hard freeze is to agriculture. As a child, I hardly recall a single Christmas without snow, but it began to change in the '70's. Now we never know, and a white Christmas is a real treat. We're at the bottom of the Midwest, in Kentucky. And yes, the insects were terrible this year. I hate 90-100 degree weather in the Summer, but I can deal with it as long as it's balanced by a good, solid, frigid Winter stretch. I love the change of seasons, it's magickal!