MORGAN COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — Reeves Peach Farm has been growing peaches in Morgan County since 1959, and they’re pretty familiar with how temperature swings can impact their crop.
Monday morning, the family-owned farm operation woke up to snow covering the trees.
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Mike Reeves said while he had kept a close eye on the forecast, it was still a little surprising to see snow on the ground, just one day after temperatures reached the 70’s. However, he said a mid-March temperature drop isn’t uncommon.
“It’s something we normally have to deal with,” Reeves said. “There’s probably very few years that there’s not at least one sort of freeze event that we have to go through.”
With a Freeze Warning issued for Monday night into Tuesday morning, he said he’ll be keeping a close eye out…