Greetings from Open Air Nursery, East Highway 30 in Shelton, Nebraska. I wanted to get out a quick reminder of our weather blog. We update it often and if you are driving any distance at all to our location, I encourage you to check it before you come. We are truly an "open air" facility. When we have inclement weather, there are times that dictate we close early, open late, or rarely we close for the entire day. Let me fill you in:
1. If it's raining we will be open UNLESS we are flooding. Five, six, inches of rain and we can flood. Years ago we had 13 inches of rain over night and at 6:00 am in the morning we had 10 inches of water at our cash register counter. Luckily, we drain fast and were open by noon on that day. If we've had some rain, I highly suggest you wear your rain boots or our old sneakers because at times you might walk in a bit of water. Again, we drain fast. Within an hour after a rain we are usually dry.
2. Freezing weather makes things more challenging. If it is 37 degrees or lower at night, we cover every crop on the place. This takes us some time to uncover in the morning because we can't start until the temps are above freezing. There might be a few mornings we open at 9:30, maybe 10. Check this blog because we update often.
3. Please watch the weather forecast before you come. If the tornado whistle is blowing, we won't be here and we strongly suggest you aren't here either. Our very first year open was 34 years ago. The tornado whistle was blowing and four ladies walked in the door. I said ladies you realize that is the tornado whistle. One of them looked at me and said, "Do you mind if we grab a cookie before we go". We take severe weather pretty serious around here. If we believe there might be hail coming, we will do everything to cover and protect our crop.
Please check our weather blog often. We try to update if any issues arise that might change our business hours.
Thank you.
Clark
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