Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]David Rodgers <drodgers@casefarms.com> wrote: > Having grown up on an almond orchard in the SJ Valley I know well that > early warm weather is a farmer's nightmare. The blossoms develop too > early. Then a freeze hits and zaps the buds and there goes your crop. The blossoms on my almond trees are well-developed - not that I harvest much - so I'll probably lose them in the next few days. > I don't miss the tule fog. Only those who've lived there can truly > appreciate it. I've seen times when I literally couldn't see my hand in > front of my face, or I had to drive with my door open so I could see the > center line. The fog keeps the orchards cool and in the 40s, even when > it's in the 70's at a few hundred feet altitude. So the orchards remain > dormant and don't bloom too soon. Without the fog you wouldn't have the > orchards. It doesn't seem like there's as much fog as there used to be. We still get the dense fog, and we've had our annual big pile-up on Highway 99 that reminds people to drive more carefully in the fog. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com