Observations From a Gardener Written By Lynn Walker Hoverson And Stephen Walker
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t has been more than sixty days since The RGV experienced its version of the Big February Freeze of 2021. That has been a long enough time to change lawn appearances and gardening perspectives. To think about the February 2021 Freeze now, seems similar to looking for meaning in a revisited nightmare. Probably countless tons of dead organic matter from once-lush and beautiful tropical and semi-tropical plants here in the Rio Grande Valley are still being cut, moved, burned, buried or otherwise recycled in the after-effects of the big weather event that hit all of Texas extremely hard. As many a gardener knows and shares the sentiment, HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL IN THE GARDEN. Gardeners also have their sad stories to tell about the losses they have suffered due to the February 2021 Freeze event. I have been told quite a few variations during the past two months. Here in this article I have categorized and listed observations from around Our Valley and from my own Garden of Gratitude. I have applied names for rating levels of plant life survival.
