Re: weather

I regularly overwinter rosemary in an unheated garage, north facing  
window. Have kept plants going for 4+ years that way. Checked mine  
this PM and it looks ok. Still have to check my late planted garlic,  
spinach, radishes and lettuce, but they should definitely have  
weathered it.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Oct 26, 2005, at 8:54 AM, james singer wrote:

> Probably depends on how cold it got for how long rather than  
> presence or absence of frost. Also probably depends on the  
> cultivar; I think Peter Knop once said he had one that grew outside  
> year-round in Virginia.
>
> On Oct 26, 2005, at 8:56 AM, Cathy Carpenter wrote:
>
>
>> Ice on the birdbath this morning! Forgot and left my rosemary out
>> last night. Do you think its toast?
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>
>> On Oct 25, 2005, at 10:56 PM, Andrea Hodges wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I have to say, this year fall is nice welcome to Illinois. The  
>>> colors
>>> here are absolutley stunning. It's very surreal for me at times
>>> because
>>> this is a totally new experience. Some of these trees look like
>>> they are
>>> on fire.
>>>
>>>
>>> I got my shop lights hung and all of my plants except the mums moved
>>> into the basement as I expect it to frost any time now. I guess the
>>> fall
>>> color here is better Auralie because after major dry weather for
>>> most of
>>> the summer the month of August was pretty rainy here according to my
>>> sister. When I came to visit in September everything was really  
>>> green
>>> and pretty. She said it has been brown and dead looking for weeks
>>> prior.
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm enjoying the cool weather, although it is taking some getting  
>>> used
>>> to. I'm just glad I have my little basement full of plants so I  
>>> can go
>>> play with them during the winter!
>>>
>>> Andrea H
>>> Petersburg, IL
>>>
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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