The snow turned St. Helena Island into a winter wonderland, but the scene wasn’t pretty for farmers with valuable crops in ...

Watering plants before a frost helps protect blueberry bushes in winter, as that moist soil will hold more warmth into the night than dry soil. Watering the soil, especially if it has been a dry ...

Temperatures of 26 degrees or 27 degrees, which were in the forecast, would kill those plants, prompting the all-out frost protection effort. The pink leaves on budding blueberry plants are ...