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Introduce myself

Hi!

I would like to introduce myself. My name is Magnar Aspaker. I'm a teacher.
I live in Harstad, North Norway, around 69º north, 200 km north of the
arctic circle. This may seem very far north, but because Harstad is siuated
close to the sea; actually we live on the biggest island in Norway; it's not
so cold here in winter. I am in zone 4-5. We nomally have a good winter
cover of snow. But the summers are short and may be quite cool.

I've been sowing perennials for 12 years now. It all started when I got
bored of the chioce of perennials offered in the local garden-centers. So I
staretd to sow my own perennials, to see what would survive up here. When
you go to the books, they tell you abuot a lot of plants unsuitable for our
region, and this just because no one have ever tried them here before.

So I've tried out a lot, and have proved that much more plants can grow here
without any cover during winter. At the moment I have about 300 different
perennials in my garden. Anyone interested in the list may mail me on:
magnar@aspaker.no and I'll mail it to them.

I'm a member of The Scottish Rock Garden Club and Sällakpet
Trädgårdsamatörerna (STA), Sweden, from which I get most of my seeds. But
I'm always interested in seed exchange and contact with people, especially
those living in same zone as I, for exchange of experience with plants.

Days are still dark here. The sun has been away since end of November, and
will not be back till mid January. We have daylight for 4 hours nowadays.
Today it,s snowing, temp max 1,5  min -0,2 degrees centigrade. We have about
90 cm of snow, which is more than normal for this time of year, but then
again there's no frost in the ground.

Greetings to all!

Magnar.
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