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On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 05:28  PM, fuwa fuwa usagi wrote:

>  [ . . .]  What Earliglow does not like is intense sun, drying, and 
> warm temperatures. [ . . .]

One advantage of diversified production is, whatever the weather's 
doing, something's happy (maybe it's the strawberries and lettuce, or 
maybe it's the sweet potatoes and hot peppers).

The corresponding disadvantage, of course, is: whatever the weather's 
doing, something's unhappy.

Some of sun, hot, and dry is modifiable of course, up to a point; easier 
to modify than cold, cloudy, and soggy, at least. But there's still 
nothing like a good soaking rain when you need one (especially if the 
irrigation pond has run dry).

Yours from, currently, under about eleven inches of snow, most of it 
fresh; and we're having a heat wave! it made it up to 34º in the shade!

-- Rivka, Finger Lakes NY, zone 5 mostly