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The Jenkins County Times
Wednesday, July 5, 2023- Page 11
Georgia Produce Growers
Watching Weather
Pam Knox, University of Georgia
Special to
The Times
While Georgia has had
an early start to the growing
season, it was followed
by colder conditions in
March, April and May that
slowed things down quite
a bit. Since that time, we
have seen periods of very
warm weather. . As soil
temperatures rise and fall, it
has been tough for famiers
to know when to plant. Wet
conditions have also been
an issue in some areas with
a couple of weeks of heavy
rain. The cool weather
seems to be out now. The
extended outlook shows
a likely return to warmer-
than-normal conditions
for much of the growing
season. We expect there
will be occasional cooler
periods, but the warmer
conditions should help
crops catch up on growing
degree days and most
should start developing
at a more rapid pace than
they are right now. Rainfall
has been quite good for the
year to date, especially in
northern Georgia, although
it has been drier in the
southern half of the state.
The extended forecasts at
the moment do not indicate
any extended period of
very dry conditions, so I am
hopeful that we may escape
a big drought this summer
in spite of the warmer-
than-normal temperatures
we are having. The big
player in the weather
the rest of this growing
season and next winter is
the rapidly developing El
Nino. La Nina left us a
month or so ago and we are
now in neutral conditions,
hovering between La Nina
and El Nino. But there is
a rapidly growing wami
pool in the eastern Pacific
Ocean that is a sign that
El Nino will be declared
in the next few months.
The odds currently put
our chances of a strong El
Nino by fall at 40%, with
an almost 70% chance of
at least a moderate El Nino
and only a 10% chance of
no El Nino at all, so it is
safe to say that we need
to prepare for it now. El
Nino does not have a lot
of impacts on Georgia in
the summer months, but by
fall it will start to impact
conditions here in Georgia
and surrounding areas.
Billy & Connie Overstreet
Sarai Register
“Dead Town ” of Hardwicke
on the Ogeechee
This week I would
like to take a look at this
dead town they called
Hardwicke. I read this
article in a magazine that
made its way to my post
box and wanted to share
parts of it with you, my
readers.
On May 10, 1754,
GEORGE TOWN was
established at the “Elbow”
of Great Ogeechee
River, eight miles east.
In February, 1755, Gov.
Reynolds, dissatisfied
with Savannah as a capital
and as a port, chose this
new site because it has
a chamiing situation,
the winding of the river
making it a peninsula;
and it is the only fit place
for a capital. He preferred
the deeper channel, the
less lofty bluff, the more
central location in the
province, and the greater
distance from the rival port
of Charleston.
But, the governor
renamed it HARDWICKE
in honor of his kinsman,
the Earl of Hardwicke,
Lord High Chancellor of
England. Lots sold quickly,
the plan's backers were
granted 21,000 acres of
land, and fortifications
were planned; but the
Home Government granted
no funds and the project
died, dooming Hardwicke
to obscurity.
In 1758, Hardwicke
was included in the newly
created Parish of St. Phillip.
In 1793, Bryan County was
created, with Hardwicke as
County Site. In 1797, the
County Site was removed
to “Cross Roads" of
Richmond Hill. By 1824,
Alexander Netherclift was
the sole resident. In 1866,
an attempt was made to
revive HARDWICK, but
it failed; and so the town,
which might have become
one of its capitals became,
instead, one of the “dead
towns” of Georgia. Next
week we are going to visit
one of the historical sites
on the Ogeechee that you
may recongnize.
Until next week,
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