Our recent burst of winter weather isn’t doing plant life any favors — especially because temperatures recently have not been very winter-like.
Most of the KVOE listening area got 3-7 inches of a heavy, wet snow over the weekend. Lyon County Extension horticulturist Travis Carmichael says the wet snow can put stress on tree limbs. However…
Several tree limbs came down over the weekend. Carmichael says those limbs had weak spots that failed as a result of the snowfall.
Temperatures have been mild for much of January, and Carmichael says it could be until spring before we see the impact of the extended mild weather followed by our more recent cold.
