Re: What do gardeners think?
- Subject: Re: What do gardeners think?
- From: Vavourakis a*@hol.gr
- Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 09:49:52 +0300
Dear Nan and Fellow Gardeners (common or uncommon!)
The Mediterranean Garden Society classifies the following areas as
sharing a similar "Mediterranean" climate: the Mediterranean region as
well as much of California, Chile, Australia, and South Africa. This was
surprising to me when I first joined the society, but definitely
explained why I was stuffing MGS journals into envelopes to all of those
places! Of course there are many microclimates within our Mediterranean
zones, but the common denominator seems to be a long, hot dry summer with
a rainy winter season where temps do not persist under freezing for more
than a few days in a row (plus alkaline soil, I expect.) I am
definitely an amateur here, so if I'm inaccurate I hope someone will
jump in to correct!
Karen V.-Greece
Nan Sterman wrote:
> I have a question about perceptions and misperceptions of the
> "common" gardener in California.
>
> When you interact with folks who are "common" gardeners (please
> forgive the terminology but you know what I mean), what kind of
> climate zone do they think we are in? i.e. I often meet people who
> think California, especially So Cal, has a tropical climate. What do
> you hear most often?
>
> Thanks
>
> Nan
>
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