Seems like it would be a bit crowded. Well, for me anyway.

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Any mint. Like an after-dinner treat.

i had no clue that's what it was

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OK, my friends, I wanted to update you on my orange grove (or as golddog described it -
Orange Grave). We had a 100 year freeze on Christmas that lasted 4 days and killed all 2000 of my trees. If I can't figure out how to post pictures, Tom volunteered to let me send them to him for posting.. I supply more info tomorrow and Plan B.

oh man that sucks, this may be a dumb question but does insurance cover that stuff?

Sorry to hear that, redbuck. Winter sucks! (Despite what squid, donat3ll0, King Spew and the rest of the skiing crew will tell you).

Aftermath of freeze at Redbuck's orange grove (he will need to explain anything. Sorry Red, I couldn't figure out how to post the film clip. Brutal.):

Thanks Tom.
This happened on Christmas day and the freeze lasted for about 4 days. The temp got down to 14 with heavy winds that made the wind chill 0.
The pvc irrigation pipes broke and it was all over then!

Lost all 2000 trees at $15 each, so that was painful, but I think I'm going to get some help from the USDA. What hurts almost as much is to lose a year before harvest. These are not your normal little tangerine size oranges, these are big, sweet and seedless.
I'm working on a few things that will hopefully be beneficial, but will take a little luck to put this together.

I hate that it happened, but that's life, and I'll just replant and hope for the best.
I'll update soon - we're supposed to replant the week of 4/17

Sucks and blows.

That sucks so bad. I've been thinking about your orange grove almost daily as I've started squeezing my own orange juice every day. Sorry for your loss.

I have no idea how farmers and growers make it through years like that.

Actually, I know how most do, but I don't think I could handle it mentally.

Wow, that's terrible redbuck. Hope your replanting goes well.

Thanks guys, I’m just a small timer. I really feel for the large farmers and the pecans tree owners down here and everyone who loses crops. Those trees take about 10 years to produce after replanting. If we’re all here in 2-3 years when I get a crop, I’ll send you some. They’re outstanding.

yeah, sorry about that red...that sucks.

My grandfather was a farmer. When my grandmother passed away, I was tasked with shredding their tax returns. She had mept every one from 1957 (when they got married) to present day, which at the time was 2009. The swings were drastic. The different revenues were interesting (income from trapping and selling furs was included some years), and it was neat seeing my uncles listed as employees.

All that to say, farming of any kind is definitely a risky endeavor, not for the faint of heart. I don't envy you redbuck. I hope replanting goes well and you have productive and fruitful trees quite soon!