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How to Have Fun with the New Hardiness Map

by Kathy Purdy on February 5, 2012

Climate is what we expect, weather is what we get.
Mark Twain

The New USDA Hardiness Map and Cold Climate Gardening

by Kathy Purdy on February 3, 2012

This is how it should be with gardens and gardeners. They should love what they own, and own what they love; but their gardens must never own them, for there will be no pleasure in them if they do.
Thalassa Cruso

How Do You Know If A Plant Is Hardy?

by Kathy Purdy on January 21, 2010

I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.
Richard Diran

What is a cold climate?

by Kathy Purdy on February 7, 2008

And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
William Wordsworth

Weather variations or climate change?

by Kathy Purdy on December 27, 2002

Getting rid of poor plants is as important as seeking out the best.
Elizabeth Lawrence

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