http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/04/11/four-yahoo-groups/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:40:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/04/11/four-yahoo-groups/#comment-1007 Kathy Purdy Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:50:49 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=576#comment-1007 I think the owner of the Latitude48 Yahoo group would agree with you. She is in Zone 8 herself. When I investigated further and actually read the group description, the emphasis was more on coping with the low levels of light than on temperature. I think the owner of the Latitude48 Yahoo group would agree with you. She is in Zone 8 herself. When I investigated further and actually read the group description, the emphasis was more on coping with the low levels of light than on temperature.

]]> http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/04/11/four-yahoo-groups/#comment-1006 Judy Miller Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:31:20 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=576#comment-1006 How funny--Latitude isn't everything. Though I am north of 48 (48'69") & definitely in a cold zone, there are colder places south (think the Tetons in south Idaho or high in the Colorado Rockies) and lots of places more northerly that are warmer--along the coast of BC to Alaska for example (which often if not usually is warmer than we are in the winter). Altitude & local geography (sea shore, Hells Canyon, nearness to a glacier come to mind) all have powerful influence on local climate. Lewiston ID, near Hells Canyon (Idaho tourism laws mandate that here I mention Hells Canyon is deeper than the Grand Canyon) is very warm compared to the rest of the state as its elevation is so low. You won't find much snow there in the winter,it rarely freezes and is scorching in the summer--but it's north of 46 (46'40)--compare to Duluth MN at nearly the same latitude. The plants you can grow in Lewiston! But then, the rattlesnakes & black widow spiders are less thrilling to me. How funny–Latitude isn’t everything. Though I am north of 48 (48′69″) & definitely in a cold zone, there are colder places south (think the Tetons in south Idaho or high in the Colorado Rockies) and lots of places more northerly that are warmer–along the coast of BC to Alaska for example (which often if not usually is warmer than we are in the winter). Altitude & local geography (sea shore, Hells Canyon, nearness to a glacier come to mind) all have powerful influence on local climate. Lewiston ID, near Hells Canyon (Idaho tourism laws mandate that here I mention Hells Canyon is deeper than the Grand Canyon) is very warm compared to the rest of the state as its elevation is so low. You won’t find much snow there in the winter,it rarely freezes and is scorching in the summer–but it’s north of 46 (46′40)–compare to Duluth MN at nearly the same latitude. The plants you can grow in Lewiston! But then, the rattlesnakes & black widow spiders are less thrilling to me.

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