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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
Rob wrote:

> A year round growing season, I just can't imagine it.

***I can imagine it, sort of.  I really miss living on the coast where we 
had maybe a week of light frost and could grow a garden all year.  Herbs 
were fine outside, cherry tomatoes grew in pots on the porch and we simply 
made them little plastic tents.

I'm having a hard time readjusting my gardening "think" to a very short 
growing season.  Keep making mistakes because of too many years of not 
having to think about weird things like snow <g> the last of which came this 
year in June!

However, I persevere and we've adapted our herb garden to be portable and at 
the first hint that there might be frost, in it comes.  DH built extended 
window sills just for the plants in the two kitchen windows.  I mean, how 
can you live with an Italian and not have fresh basil and oregano for a 
marinara? <g>

Lynda