1.   A late freeze after they pop out is our chief worry every spring.

2.   From Texas to South Carolina, many states were hit hard by late freezes.

3.   If you want to plant early, her advice is to keep extra pine straw or oak leaves on hand for covering plants should a late freeze be forecast.

4.   Last season we fought off a harsh late freeze that turned the first delicate green buds to brown in early May.

5.   Nigro said the late freeze made it difficult and costlier to fill orders.

6.   That unusual migratory phenomenon collided this year with late freezes in Texas, which stalled out the milkweed where butterflies lay their eggs.

7.   The Parker County crop was ruined by a late freeze last year, and there was nothing local growers could do.

8.   They complain about a sudden late freeze in April.

9.   Too often a late freeze, a spring thunderstorm or high winds plays havoc with the blossoms that attract tourists from across the United States and around the world.

10.   But Nichols and another farmer complained he had not received a subsidy for crop damage caused by a late freeze and heavy rains last summer, Rhead said.