GREENSBURG – The 2025 Farmer’s Almanac’s weather prediction for summer 2025 was “hot and rainy,” and even though that makes it uncomfortable for us the crops and area plantings love it.
As a result of the almost daily rains and temperatures above 90 degrees, the pollinator garden at the Decatur County Annex Building on S. Ireland Street is also healthy and in full bloom.
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