Last night was the 8th day in a row of below freezing temperatures. Certainly not a big deal for many, but living in the citrus belt of California it is a problem. Lows have been in near 20 and that is when the trees start to get damaged. Oranges and lemons that aren't ready to pick because of low sugar will freeze. The freeze of '90-'91 I remember trees split open laying on the ground. So far a good part of the crop is picked and the temperatures haven't been too cold for too long.
For our trees we're trying something new. We wrapped out Meyer lemons with Christmas lights and cover with black plastic. The chickens got an extra bunch of straw to bed in. So far so good and the Ladies have continued to lay.
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You're lucky. Our highs haven't broken 30 in a number of days. Wind chill tomorrow is forecasted to be 1. Yeah, like in one. BRRRRRRRR!
Like I said, we have no real complaints compared to most.
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