StarFlowerStudioNYMar 30, 2025
March often brings a convergence of Winter and Spring weather. Rains overnight combined with freezing temperatures have covered the landscape in ice for a few hours.

Last season's cymes and florets of Hydrangea arborescens encased in an icy shell.

#ice #icyweather #springfreeze #hydrangeaarborescens
DoomsdaysCWJun 14, 2023

#Vermont #orchards and #vineyards devastated by late-May #freeze: 'So powerless to protect it'

It was just one night when the temperatures across Vermont lingered in the 20s for several hours, but the flash freeze has resulted in devastating and unprecedented impacts on the state's orchards and vineyards.

by Dan D'Ambrosio, Burlington Free Press, May 25, 2023

"'The hard freeze will mean significant losses for our growers and those who make their living off fruits and vegetables. The extent of the damage may not be known for several weeks but early indications are discouraging.'"

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2023/05/25/vermont-orchards-vineyards-farmers-crop-damage-lost-may-freeze/70247869007/

#ExtremeTemperatures #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SpringFreeze #HardFreeze #WeatherExtremes #weather #HungerGames

Vermont orchards and vineyards devastated by late-May freeze: 'So powerless to protect it'

Vermont experienced several hours of temperatures in the 20s last week that may have a devastating impact on orchards and vineyards across the state.

Burlington Free Press
DoomsdaysCWJun 14, 2023

Hard freeze in May affects #Vermont's forests as well, hitting trees that leaf out late

by Dan D'Ambrosio, Burlington Free Press, June 13, 2023

"'In addition to #orchards and #vineyards, it seems that thousands of deciduous trees had frozen foliage,' Lambert wrote in an email to the Burlington Free Press. 'I do not believe that foliage will recover; right now it's just brown, hanging off trees and looking quite dead.'"

https://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/2023/06/13/the-unusually-hard-freeze-in-may-affected-vermonts-forests-as-well/70277365007/

#ExtremeTemperatures #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SpringFreeze

Hard freeze in May affects Vermont's forests as well, hitting trees that leaf out late

In mid-May Vermont experienced a hard freeze that devastated the state's orchards and vineyards. The state's forests were also affected by the freeze.

Burlington Free Press