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Just for fun, I am posting this link to a list of obscure regional phrases for extreme heat from Mental Floss. If you have other ones, email them to me and I will add them to the post. https://mentalfloss.com/article/31165/11-obscure-regional-phrases-describe-excessive-heat
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The Capital Weather Gang of the Washington Post had an interesting article earlier this week discussing why the current weather is bringing huge rains to Louisiana and other areas of the central US as well as bringing heat and sweltering weather to the East Coast. The maps in this article are a couple of days…
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I’ve seen several stories this week about conditions of some crops across the Southeast and how they relate to the weather. The Packer posted a story about the early start to the North Carolina sweet potato crop harvest. The story notes that yields are expected to be the best they’ve experienced in years due to…
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HorseTalk posted a story this week about efforts underway to help horse owners in New Zealand adapt to changes in climate. According to the story, “Changes in climate can bring the increased risk of diseases on riding and training, land management challenges from increased drought and floods, and a further limited food supply, so preparing…
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While we watch to see how much rain we get out of the developing system near the Gulf, here is some advice that you might find useful on how to manage pasture in dry conditions: https://www.kingsagriseeds.com/handle-hay-fields-pastures-severe-drought/.
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For those of you who have been watching the increasing drought in the Southeast with dismay, this may be the week you were looking for. A change in the pattern has brought a slow-moving low pressure system to the Southeast Gulf coast, and it looks like it will stick around for most of the week.…
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I want to give a quick shout-out to two UGA gardening blogs that got recognized in the top 100 garden blog list recently. You can find the entire list at https://blog.feedspot.com/gardening-blogs/. The first blog is the Center for Urban Agriculture’s blog at https://ugaurbanag.com/gardens/ which is put together by Becky Griffin, Extension Community and School Garden Coordinator. The…