Effects of the freeze hit home

THANKS for the thorough and depressing story [“Nursery Stock Cut by Freeze,” Jan. 25], about our recent freeze and its effects on growers.

I was beating myself up for the losses in my own garden, but if professionals suffered too it makes me feel a little better. So now I will forget about my lost orchid and jacaranda trees. It’s cactus, sand and sculptures for me. The searing desert summers and frigid winters are too discouraging, no matter how keen I am on a unique garden.

KURT SIPOLSKI

Palm Desert

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