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

Hello, my name is Lynda and I suffer from ZDD <g>

Lynda, who used to have over 300 growin days a year and now is lucky if she 
has even half that but usually has a 1/3!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <tonitime AT juno.com>
> To any of you in the growing zones 6 and 7, i'd love to hear what you are
> planting now and over the next weeks.  Each year i learn more  of this
> climate, and know what we can get away with planting (should Mom Nature
> see it the same!).
> I lived the first 45 yrs of life in zone 9 - with maybe 90 days longer
> growing season.  Moving to this climate was a humbling and educational
> change,  Man oh man, were we ever spoiled in the middle of California -
> garden AND pest wise! It's helpful to hear what some of you can get away
> with at your spot in  zone 6ish.
>
> Truly, the dreaded ZDD * disease catches us again and again here.