I’ve known for awhile that the northern hemisphere has been colder than usual this summer. I live in Minnesota.
My tomato plants are my barometer. Yes indeed. They tell me all I need to know about Al Gore’s phony AGW. My plants sat rather dormant through a gloomy June with only a few hot days and mostly daytime temps between 65-75 degrees.
When July came I had high hopes for more warmth, but with the majority of days being between 72-78 degrees, and only about 50% full sun, my plants have finally topped the rectangular tomato cages this weekend. Fruit appeared on about July 12th, and the largest tomatoes are now the size of golf balls. PUNY!!!!
At least I can now see them growing larger, but I do not expect to have any enjoyment in a meal until the end of August. Totally disappointing.
And THIS is exactly where we are going to get in trouble if this happens again next year. Two years in a row and global food production might have some serious problems...
We need to stop worrying about global warming and start worrying about serious global cooling finally becoming real. It’s past due...
And apparently your Tomatoes are much more intelligent than the current scientists. :)
This is bad news. It barely got out of the 60s in NYC today and it will be cool again tomorrow. We are supposed to be in hottest time of year. It looks to be a brutal winter. I have to lay in extra firewood.
What about your February?