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  • From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] changes due to new USDA zoning map
  • Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 12:27:32 -0500

I just checked; they now say I'm in 6a, lowest expected winter temperature between -5 and -10 F.

I don't think I'm going to argue about that. We haven't seen a temperature even that cold so far this winter; and I haven't seen a low colder than the single digits below in some years, though we did use to occasionally get temperatures a few degrees colder than that.

What's a far bigger problem than a change in the lowest temperature of the winter is the increase in winter days -- and often winter nights -- that are above freezing, which leads to insufficient hardening off in plants that are likely to then be damaged when the temperature does drop; and the disruption in rainfall patterns.


-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 6A now I think
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale




On Jan 31, 2012, at 8:43 PM, KAKerby AT aol.com wrote:

I saw the below exclamation and sorta felt the same way.  I'm sure a lot of folks have gotten the new USDA maps and thought huh??? 




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