Comments on: Tough Plants for Northern Gardens: Book Review

By: Diane Farrall

Diane Farrall — Mon, 03 May 2010 19:25:30 +0000

I would like to obtain a book for Zone 3a(Northwestern Ontario, along the Rainy River, just west of Fort Frances, and across from Baudette, MN) to chose and plant Perennials, Flowering shrubs and vegetables in the garden.
Pls send pertinent details and information to my personal email address, as stated.
With kind regards, D. Farrall

By: TC

TC — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:13:23 +0000

Did you like my foreword? ;~) (My wife is wearing the blue shirt, and that's me wearing the blue hat in the photo spread on Page 152.) One last tic: The next time I see Felder (probably down in NC at the 2009 GWA Symposium) I'm gonna ask him why he chose not to comment on about him. He's told me on the phone that he shies away from doing that. And yet, I see he commented here. That old coot! (I helped him research Tough Plants, and he spent a couple nights here. I'm in touch with him often.) TC’s last blog post..Say Nothin' Saturday

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:46:20 +0000

Yeah, the hydrants in the nearest village aren’t wrapped, either, but they do attach long stakes to them so they can be found under the piles of snow that accumulate on the edges of the road. It seems to me I remember seeing hydrant wrapping done, somewhere . . .

By: Lori Skulski

Lori Skulski — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 22:33:21 +0000

“Fire hydrants in your town are wrapped for winter.” Huh? This must be a warm zone thing!! I’ve never ever seen it up here in the land of -40 degree F winters!

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 16:55:07 +0000

Laurie, have you read Dryland Gardening by Jennifer Bennett? I know she used to live in a colder part of Canada, not sure if it would be equivalent to your climate or not.

By: Laurie Gano

Laurie Gano — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:48:04 +0000

I liked the book review, but it made me wish (again) that there was a good book for zones 3 and 4, arid climates, iffy drainage, fierce wind, in other words, a book for my climate!I like lauren Springer and Rob Proctor, but they write about zone 5.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:16:31 +0000

Hi, Terri–
Glad you stopped by. Yes, my husband uses the same excuse when asked why we don’t have a dishwasher. “We’ve got plenty of dishwashers, and they’re all human!”

By: Terri Pollhein

Terri Pollhein — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:37:11 +0000

LOL! We are renting this year so driveways aren’t our problem, but when we were at the farm (which had a very long driveway like yours) my husband used to tell the boys (we have 5 children) that “snow like this was the reason we had so many children! Here’s your shovel!” LOL
Stay warm!
Terri

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:30:46 +0000

Okay, I have looked at the feds’ plant hardiness website and it seems like there is no direct comparison by temperature because the USDA system is based only on extreme minimum temperatures and the Canadian system uses 7 different climate variables in a formula.

E-mail me privately if you want me to send you some of the links I’ve got.

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 19:04:41 +0000

I don’t know offhand of a website that compares Canadian and US zones but I’ll dig around a bit. I don’t believe there’s a huge difference in the zones – I think I’m zone 3 on the old US maps that included Canada as well.

I am in Edmonton so I’m glad to know this book does include photos from up here