One theory behind the origin of celebrating the first day of the Gregorian calendar's fourth month as April Fools' Day has to do with Mother Nature's unpredictable behavior in early spring. Additional possibilities involve crows, Celtic deities and the Julian calendar. I choose to stand behind the weather explanation, and this year, the joke really is on us.
Plenty of people are pleased as punch over our mild winter, but I'm not one of them. It isn't that I'm a big fan of windchills and icy roadways; it's that when the seasonal rhythms that have rocked our world for hundreds of years start skipping beats, the consequences put thrilling to the fourth-warmest winter on record in question.
Experts don't agree on whether mild winter temperatures meant more of our least-favorite insects lived through the winter, but there is no disputing that it gives the little critters more time to mate and reproduce. I am beyond dismayed that fleas, chiggers, ticks and mosquitoes made first appearances here at Mole Hill in March. One of the pleasures of early spring gardening is that it's generally an insect-free activity.
On the flip side, the warm winter might have had an adverse effect on the lives of one of our favorite insects. A New Jersey report speculated that because of pleasant temperatures, bees there stayed active throughout the winter months and had gone through their reserve honey stores before spring actually arrived. A population decline is anticipated.
A March 28 report in the Los Angeles Times examining the impact of mild winter weather on wildlife from a sportsman's point of view cited details from a National Wildlife Federation report, "On Thin Ice: Warmer Winters Put America's Hunting and Fishing Heritage at Risk." The report noted that in Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota, the warming trend has caused moose to die in record numbers — from ticks!
"A moose might ordinarily carry 30,000 ticks; normally, cold weather kills off or controls the parasites," author Dean Kuipers wrote. "A study cited in the report says that warm winters might increase that number to 160,000 ticks. Enough to kill even a moose."
Here in Missouri, sportsmen can expect increased deer and turkey populations because our non-winter meant increased food security for game animals. Of course, that also means there will be more whitetails to dine on the flowers and vegetables in our gardens and more Bambis crossing the road in front of our vehicles.
It doesn't require a weed expert to tell gardeners that winter weeds such as chickweed have flourished. I have spent long hours routing the insidious creeper out of my flower beds, where it threatened to smother emerging perennials. And summer annual weeds were appearing before spring officially arrived.I found them to have sharp edges where the injectionmoldes came together while production.
Farmers also are extremely plagued by weeds that have prospered in mild winter conditions,A Hybrid indoorpositioningsystem for First Responders. and although best practices might preclude an increase in the use of herbicides to control them, that might be exactly what occurs.
All fruit trees have a "chilling requirement," which regulates bud dormancy. Basically, it is the amount of cold weather — number of chilling hours — necessary for a particular tree to rest during dormancy, plus the temperature required to initiate growth. In general, the lower the chill requirement, the earlier a tree will bloom.
A lack of chilling hours can mean fruit trees will fail to produce fruit or produce lower numbers of poor-quality fruit. I could find no reference to a shortage of chilling hours here in Missouri, but apparently Georgia peach producers are worried about the impact of warm winter temperatures on their crop.
Pollens,Ekahau timelocationsystem is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. molds and mildews arrived early this year as well, and those with allergies, which seem like more of us with every passing year, began suffering weeks before they normally would.
Spring's first flowers came early to the party and didn't stay long in overly hot, windy weather.Find rubberhose companies from India. And things bloomed in an unnatural chorus.
My seeds were ordered and planted on a normal schedule, and although it is warm enough that I could probably go ahead and plant them in the garden,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? the seedlings are still a little small. That means gardeners who didn't know any better and bought and planted tomatoes on warm days in March actually are going to be harvesting long before me.
Plenty of people are pleased as punch over our mild winter, but I'm not one of them. It isn't that I'm a big fan of windchills and icy roadways; it's that when the seasonal rhythms that have rocked our world for hundreds of years start skipping beats, the consequences put thrilling to the fourth-warmest winter on record in question.
Experts don't agree on whether mild winter temperatures meant more of our least-favorite insects lived through the winter, but there is no disputing that it gives the little critters more time to mate and reproduce. I am beyond dismayed that fleas, chiggers, ticks and mosquitoes made first appearances here at Mole Hill in March. One of the pleasures of early spring gardening is that it's generally an insect-free activity.
On the flip side, the warm winter might have had an adverse effect on the lives of one of our favorite insects. A New Jersey report speculated that because of pleasant temperatures, bees there stayed active throughout the winter months and had gone through their reserve honey stores before spring actually arrived. A population decline is anticipated.
A March 28 report in the Los Angeles Times examining the impact of mild winter weather on wildlife from a sportsman's point of view cited details from a National Wildlife Federation report, "On Thin Ice: Warmer Winters Put America's Hunting and Fishing Heritage at Risk." The report noted that in Maine, New Hampshire and Minnesota, the warming trend has caused moose to die in record numbers — from ticks!
"A moose might ordinarily carry 30,000 ticks; normally, cold weather kills off or controls the parasites," author Dean Kuipers wrote. "A study cited in the report says that warm winters might increase that number to 160,000 ticks. Enough to kill even a moose."
Here in Missouri, sportsmen can expect increased deer and turkey populations because our non-winter meant increased food security for game animals. Of course, that also means there will be more whitetails to dine on the flowers and vegetables in our gardens and more Bambis crossing the road in front of our vehicles.
It doesn't require a weed expert to tell gardeners that winter weeds such as chickweed have flourished. I have spent long hours routing the insidious creeper out of my flower beds, where it threatened to smother emerging perennials. And summer annual weeds were appearing before spring officially arrived.I found them to have sharp edges where the injectionmoldes came together while production.
Farmers also are extremely plagued by weeds that have prospered in mild winter conditions,A Hybrid indoorpositioningsystem for First Responders. and although best practices might preclude an increase in the use of herbicides to control them, that might be exactly what occurs.
All fruit trees have a "chilling requirement," which regulates bud dormancy. Basically, it is the amount of cold weather — number of chilling hours — necessary for a particular tree to rest during dormancy, plus the temperature required to initiate growth. In general, the lower the chill requirement, the earlier a tree will bloom.
A lack of chilling hours can mean fruit trees will fail to produce fruit or produce lower numbers of poor-quality fruit. I could find no reference to a shortage of chilling hours here in Missouri, but apparently Georgia peach producers are worried about the impact of warm winter temperatures on their crop.
Pollens,Ekahau timelocationsystem is the only Wi-Fi based real time location system solution that operates on any brand or generation of Wi-Fi network. molds and mildews arrived early this year as well, and those with allergies, which seem like more of us with every passing year, began suffering weeks before they normally would.
Spring's first flowers came early to the party and didn't stay long in overly hot, windy weather.Find rubberhose companies from India. And things bloomed in an unnatural chorus.
My seeds were ordered and planted on a normal schedule, and although it is warm enough that I could probably go ahead and plant them in the garden,Where to buy or purchase plasticmoulds for precast and wetcast concrete? the seedlings are still a little small. That means gardeners who didn't know any better and bought and planted tomatoes on warm days in March actually are going to be harvesting long before me.
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