Farmers and gardeners in Southwest Michigan remember this week nine years differently than do many in town.
It was the week that felt like summer. Temperatures for 10 days topped 70 while several pushed above 80. Those who grow things knew this was too warm, too soon. If you spent this week in 2012 in front of a backyard grill or enjoying a drive through the just leafed-out woods with an open sunroof you were disappointed when April arrived a couple of weeks later with normal readings.
But for many growers of fruit and vegetables April also meant a freeze-out and a lost season. Eighty-six degrees on the 21st and 22nd of March broke records and it ended up breaking some producers as well.
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