With this year's fall being warmer than average, Aubie Smith Farms has noticed an impact on next season's crops. Aubie Smith Farms, also known as Smith-Perry Berries, has already seen the warmer weather take a toll on next season's tulips and strawberries.
With the average high temperature being 71.95 degrees, November alone has seen higher-than-average numbers with the temperature reaching 8.05 degrees above normal. The owner of Aubie Smith Farms, Aubie Smith, says the warmer weather has affected tulip and strawberry planting more than this season's drought has.
"The dry weather didn't really affect us. It was the warm weather," Smith states. "The ground's supposed to be, like, fifty degrees before you plant the tulips, and it's been so warm this fall that that kind of delayed us in planting them."
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