April freeze in Oxford, Mississippi and my tomatoes.
Well, the Weathermen assured me there would be no frost last night. The official low was circa 36 degrees Fahrenheit. However, I live in a hollow. For those of you not familiar with Southern terms, a hollow (said 'holler'), is a bowl shaped geographic feature, surrounded by some hills. Low hills in my case.
There is a phenomenon with cool air pouring into low areas and you get a drop in the temperature in that one small area. And so it was last night.
The Weather Channel was beaming a low of 36 to 38... but when I read my thermometer when I got up in the morning, I saw a 31.8. Yikes, I did not cover my tomatoes as I believed the Weather Channel.
Casualties are two dead and two wounded tomato plants. And I remind myself, the Weather Channel is now owned by NBC and that is to say they are not to be trusted anymore.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
What I Like About The South
One of pleasure of living in the Deep South is Crawfish boils... here's some we enjoyed over the weekend.
musician and songwriter Donovan McCain shows off a fine crawfishy