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Re: Climate Zones, and Cheese.

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Louise King asked for advice about the application of USDA cold-hardiness
zones to her home area in southwestern England.  Then Jason Quick said,

>According to the (US) National Gardening Association in _Gardening
>for Dummies_ (ISBN 1-56884-644-4), most of England and Scotland (including
>Gloucestershire) is the rough equivalent of USDA Zone 8, with average
>minimum temperatures of -6 to -12 Celsius (20-30F).  The western coast of
>England and Wales is considered Zone 9 (-1 to -6 C minimum).  Not an
>altogether bad environment for gardening.  In fact,
>I'm madly jealous.

The influence of the Gulfstream currents is responsible for this dandy
situation.  I'm jealous, too!

In fact, if you caught an old Edward Woodward movie called "The Wicker Man,"
there was mention made of growing oranges on the west coast of England!
That'd definitely be a zone 9 thang.

Most of the zone 8/9 parts of the United States are terribly hot and humid
in the summer, which limits gardeners in a different way.  Remember, the
USDA map is only about one thing:  cold hardiness for overwintering
perennials and shrubs/trees.  It has nothing to do with annuals!

The groovy thing about the U.K. situation is the winters are mild, so many
if not almost all perennials can keep going from year to year, but the
summers are mild, too, so those same perennials don't get slain by the
broiling sun like here.
 
>Jason, getting out his cheese-rolling gear and hankering for a real
>Double Gloucester.

Don't get me started on cheese!

--Janet


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