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RE: Introduction

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

I think that the "zones" are particular to the United States (U.S.D.A
Zones). That being said, I also remember something about a conversion
estimation chart somewhere.


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: L King [l*@orchard107.freeserve.co.uk]
> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 1999 5:31 PM
> To: sqft@listbot.com
> Subject: 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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