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Rain and cold a gain. One prediction I’ve heard is that the whole month will be wet and cold.

Hello to all of you Marshall Mountain Wave readers and greetings from the jewel of the Ozarks, Leslie, Arkansas. It has been very cold this past week here in Leslie. We had some gloriously beautiful sunny days the sky was clear, and the sun was bright but it was so very cold in the 20s overnight and very cold mornings. I hope that it is the last gasp of winter for the season, because I for one am tired of being cold. Of course, I am sure I will be singing a different tune come the heat of the summer.

Another Sunday has arrived, the days are growing longer, but Mother Nature’s having chills one minute and hot flashes the next. We had a bit of a scare.

Hello again. Well it has been kind of chilly again, and will probably have more days like it before Spring actually gets here.

Hi everyone. Kathy went to Nashville, Tennessee. She will work there. I visited Leisa Younger and Charity Rolen at the Mountain Wave office. It is court day in town. I stopped by to visit with Jeff at the gas pump.

A frost date is the average date of the last light freeze in spring or the first light freeze in fall. The classification of freeze temperatures is based on their effect on plants: Light freeze: 29° to 32°F (-1.7° to 0 °C)—tender plants are killed. Moderate freeze: 25° to 28°F (-3.9° to -2.2°C)—widely destructive to most vegetation. Severe freeze: 24°F (-4.4°C) and colder— heavy damage to most garden plants. Note that frost dates are only an estimate based on historical climate data and are not set in stone. The probability of a frost occurring after the spring frost date or before the fall frost date is 30%, this means that there is still a chance of frost occurring before or after the given dates! Frost is predicted when air temperatures reach 32°F (0°C), but because it is colder closer to the ground, a frost may occur even when air temperatures are just above freezing. Always keep an eye on your local weather forecast and plan to protect tender plants accordingly. Weather, topography, and microclimates may also cause considerable variations in the occurrence of frost in your garden.

Hope that everyone had a good week. Monday the sun was out but the wind was cold. I went out and watered all of my plants in my green house. I have some plants with blooms. I have some plants that have bloomed most of the winter. I have tomato plants that are over three inches tall in my green houses.

Hello from Zack. Spring is here, I’m certainly ready for some warmer days.

March 19, 2023: Our last cold winter day! At least tomorrow (Monday) it will be officially Spring! I hope our weather follows suit. Gee-whiz I wish it would warm up. This week has been cold all week I do believe.

Taking Stock It’s grand to get out and walk the yard on these earlyspring fine sunny days. Driving around there are the homesteads covered with daffodils and their testimony to the good folks who planted them, still enjoyed by future generations. My yard has its daffodils, too, a gift I received from the good folks who were the first to live here, and ones I compulsively plant every fall.