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Re: identification

>Where do I find hardiness zones? My area of Vermont is either 3 or 4
>depending on which very blurry and vague map I read, including the USDA
>Hardiness Zone map I've seen on internet websites. I've never heard of a zone
>number followed by a letter, IE:5a, 5b, etc.

The big (4 x 5 feet) USDA zone map, which I have a copy of, shows county
names.  Now some big counties are bisected by several different zones (we
just heard from a Pennsylvanian whose county has four USDA zones in it).  If
you're in a smallish county or one that happens to have only 1 zone, send me
the county name and I'll post back to you what zone you're in.

The "A" and "B" stuff refers, respectively, to the colder and warmer halves
of a given zone.  Differences at that level are minimal, but if you're
stretching things to include a plant in your garden, knowing for instance
that you're in the A half of your zone might help you save money and
fegeddaboudit.

--Janet
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Janet Wintermute             jwintermute@ids2.idsonline.com

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