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Re: Getting In The Zone

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Hey we must be nieghbors (c:  What do you think of this totally wack
weather HUH??
May snow drops are in bloom?? )c:   I really could plant my peas soon
too. If this weather keeps up I see another bad drought year here in CT.
We need a good slow melting snow to top up the water table.
Smitty

On 11 Jan 00 11:00:46 PST Bill <OOWON@netscape.net> writes:
> Square Foot Gardening List - http://www.flinet.com/~gallus/sqft.html
> 
> gardensmith
> I'm in southeastern CT and also a zone 6b.
> --------
> "Kim in Tulsa" 
>  called our extension agent master 
> > gardener and> he said I live in Zone 6B. 
> ---
> > I'm new at this gardening stuff.  I don't really understand the 
> > zones.
> > > Kim
> > 
> > >the border between USDA cold-zones 6 and 7 
> > >just outside Washington, DC.  The soil here on Feb. 15
> is ice-cold > watery > >glop.
> --------------------------------------
> *I really wish I could help you but you really need to
> understand this.  It's like knowing your size before
> buying the color of jeans you choose.
> 
> In the West, I could take your locale, look in Sunset
> Western ($27 now) and tell you the critical facets
> of your climate, afffecting planting.  Ask the Ag
> agent, where you might discover that detail.  Look
> it up and save it.  So you understand, also check
> the zone 1 up, and down, and in your case, the A/B
> of it.  THEN check somewhere you've lived, and what
> it says.  You'll get the feel of the descriptive
> differenciation(s) used...i.e. "windy" versus
> "windy" in the afternoon / Autumn"  etc.
> 
> Poor Richard's Almanac / Farmer's Almanac
> also says something.  Don't forget to read
> between the lines... what your Mom/the
> neighbor planted "there" or didn't.
> Immerse yourself, and it will be assimilated.
> Maybe slowly, maybe in a flash.  Just so it's
> before Spring.  If you have a short season,
> you'll be helped a lot if you can determine
> how short, and just when to say for sure, it
> has actually begun... i.e. last frost for the
> last ten years...
> Bill
> 
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