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Re: Introduction

Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html

I have been lurking for a couple of weeks, and have learnt a lot.

I have a question, what zone am I in? I understand now about the zones and
why they are useful but have been unable to find out which zone applies to
me.

I live in England, in a village near Gloucester, which is in the South west
(approx where the bottom of Wales meets England). All of the sites on the
web that I have found so far only seem to give zones for USA.

If anyone knows where I can discover which zone I am in I would be very
grateful.

TIA

Louise
----- Original Message -----
From: Diane Streine <DSTREINE@BAIGLOBAL.COM>
To: <Care206@aol.com>; <sqft@listbot.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 10:40
Subject: Introduction


> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Hello to all.  I have been on the list for several weeks now and have
> already put a query out (about DE), but I guess the formal intro I never
> made is in order.
>
> I recently visited a web site mentioned here that tells you what
> hardiness zone you are in based on your zip code.  It said I am in zone
> 6, but I wonder.  My crocuses just started coming up in the past week
> and my asparagus is just starting to poke up its first spears.  I always
> thought I was in zone 5 or 6, but now that I have some form of
> confirmation that I am in zone 6, I can't help but think I am really in
> zone 5.  Anyone with thoughts on the subject, please respond.
>
> I live in the Hudson Valley in Upstate New York and have been gardening
> my backyard plot using organic methods for the past 3 seasons.  Mel's
> was one of the first gardening books I got my hands on, so that square
> foot gardening methods have been the basis for most things I have done
> in my garden.  The first thing I did when I moved onto my house in late
> October 3 1/2 years ago was to map out the garden and start my compost
> pile.
>
> My father used to garden about 1/2 acre of the 7 acre property I grew up
> on, which was also in this area of the state.  I guess I got the bug
> from him at a very early age.
> I have carried on the tradition in a rather ambitious fashion. (I
> currently have over 400 seedlings in my basement under lights in a unit
> my husband built.  Where I will fit them all, I do not know.)
> I look forward every morning to reading the e-mails sent since last
> check of the mailbox, almost as much as going out to the garden and
> seeing what has popped up overnight.  I have gotten some very good tips,
> and some I am not so sure about, but it is great to see a forum like
> this and I am glad to have found it.
> To Carolyn (care206@aol.com) in particular, I would like to hear what is
> happening in your zone 6 Hudson Valley garden, to compare notes, as it
> were.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Care206@aol.com [C*@aol.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 1999 5:31 PM
> To: sqft@listbot.com
> Subject: Cool weather crops
>
>
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
>
> Hi all
>
> I have been sq ft gardening for two years and am attempting cool weather
>
> crops for the first time this year.  I am going to grow Broccoli, peas,
> carrots and some Romaine lettuce for the tortise.  I know you should
> plant
> when "the ground can be worked"... my boxes are finally drying out from
> all
> th melting snow and rain. My question is, do these veggies have to be
> protected  (Wall o water or row cover) or can they be left as is? Or am
> I
> completely off the mark, and they can only be grown in a cold frame?
> Somebody?
>
> Carolyn
> New York's Hudson Valley-zone 6
>
>
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