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Old 12-21-2023, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoWhiskers View Post
This is normal. Albeit a little early. The difference here is we can have 30 to 50 degree swings in one day. The cold season is over in a flash and then it's hot as heck and crazy humid. Spring and fall feel like they come and go in a flash. We do get frost here in T V. So certain plants need to be covered.
Run heater in morning and a/c in the afternoon in car. That's typical for winter in Florida. Been here since May 1953. We got to Miami and expected to see palm trees like on post cards showing the coconut palms. They don't grow this far north.
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