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If you think you re cold, imagine how the vegetables feel.
April 20, 2021 9:37 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – With recent snowfall and cold overnight temperatures in late April, local growers in Lancaster County have had to get creative on how to keep their vegetation alive and warm.
“The cold temperatures did have me concerned that we would lose some of those tender transplants that are just coming out of the greenhouse to the field,” Ian Richmond, from
Onions, kale and lettuce are just some of the vegetation outside in the fields at Shadow Creek Farm, just southwest of Lincoln. Those veggies along with many others, don’t handle the frost, snow or below freezing temperatures well.