Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013
- damuffin65
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Re: Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013
Thanks Glacier, that map is awesome !!!
I've been itching to plant something for a couple weeks now,unfortunately we can't put anything out here until at least the May long weekend and even then we still have a chance of them freezing.
I'll have to settle with indoor herbs for now.
I've been itching to plant something for a couple weeks now,unfortunately we can't put anything out here until at least the May long weekend and even then we still have a chance of them freezing.
I'll have to settle with indoor herbs for now.
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Thanks, Glacier - had not seen that map before. Wish I could zoom in even closer for my area because it changes from town to some of the outlying areas depending on whether it is in the east-west valley or the north-south valley. I am in the east-west valley so it will be warmer. Maybe I am a 5b or even a 6a??
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Re: Gardening, flowers and veggies: 2013
grammafreddy wrote:Thanks, Glacier - had not seen that map before. Wish I could zoom in even closer for my area because it changes from town to some of the outlying areas depending on whether it is in the east-west valley or the north-south valley. I am in the east-west valley so it will be warmer. Maybe I am a 5b or even a 6a??
Grand Forks is no higher than 5b, but if are just east of Grandforks or around Christina Lake, then you might be as high as 6a.
It's interesting that the only places in Canada outside of the BC coast rated as 6b are south eastern Ontario, the West Kootenays around Nelson, Castlegar, and Trail, the Fraser Canyon up to around Lillooet, and parts of the Okanagan namely between Penticton and Summerland.
Here another map.
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Very interesting maps! Hey Glacier, the dates for the two differ with the most recent being 2000. Since it is 2013, would you be able to speculate as to whether any zone shift has occured in that time?
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Glacier - that latest map puts me as a 5b. Slightly warmer than I previously thought. TAGT.
I'll be planting peas soon
I'll be planting peas soon
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Hey, has anyone ever tried to espalier a fruit tree? A book on pruning I picked up has a section on it and was wondering how hard it is really . . . the book suggested you could gain a zone by planting a tree against a wall. My inlaws have property generally too cool for peaches, but if it works for real that would be awesome.
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SNOW!
Fixer, hon - tell me you haven't been doing a snow dance!
Fixer, hon - tell me you haven't been doing a snow dance!
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Lady tehMa wrote:SNOW!
Fixer, hon - tell me you haven't been doing a snow dance!
It was Trip.
Dance as if no one's watching, sing as if no one's listening, and live everyday as if it were your last.
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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Trip has far-reaching powers - I had snow this morning, too. It's raining now, though, and all the new snow is long gone. Now its just a dismal, grey day with a cold wind.
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Lady tehMa wrote:SNOW!
Fixer, hon - tell me you haven't been doing a snow dance!
FIXER! 'fess up.
As WW3 develops, no one is going to be dissing the "preppers." What have you done?
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News! I have news!
The Greenery opens tomorrow! 10-5
The Greenery opens tomorrow! 10-5
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I've been counting the days until the Greenery opens. Just can't wait to go in and smell the moist soil and see all the pretty colours! I always buy enough pansies and violas for some pots the first day. Later I put them in the flower beds. They naturalize and spread and now my beds are full in the spring and fall with cute little "face flowers".
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Lady tehMa wrote:News! I have news!
The Greenery opens tomorrow! 10-5
And guess what Friday is
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Queen K wrote:
And guess what Friday is
What?????
I know what Saturday night is FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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