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“Goes to show: You never can be too arrogant in this business because Mother Nature is always going to treat you to some humble pie,” said the president of Eckert’s Orchard in Belleville.
Shortages will become more common and many products will get more expensive.
After a warm streak in February followed by several days of freezing weather in March, Georgia farms reported losses anywhere from 50 to 90% of their peach crop for this year.
As the summer season unfolds, many home gardeners are filled with hope that this growing season will award them with a bounty of colorful blooms in their perennial garden.
The Peach State lost more than 90% of this year’s crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze.