permaculture

[<woodsjay@cox.net>]

This is a report from Omaha which had the same 17 degree temperatures. All my 
stuff that is zone 3 like golden currents and saskatoons didn't know anything 
had happened. The  zone 4 stuff has made it with only the loss of some leaves 
(including oaks and sycamores). However, just a few of the apricot, cherry, 
peach, pear, and plum bloom has made fruit. I won't have a good idea on the 
apples for a week yet. The black walnut and filbert nut set looks bad. The 
persian walnuts will take a couple of weeks before I know. The zone 5 stuff, 
persimmons, paw-paws, and blackberries are too young to tell much at this 
time. The figs are growing from cuttings taken in Alabama and were indoor 
plants this year. 

I recommend that cuttings and starts be taken every year from the 
blackberries and figs as a backup measure. And, of course, all my stuff is 
grown from seed (except the figs).
>    
>   From: "Kathy Evans" <evansdk@earthlink.net>
> 
>     In the Midwest USA, we had a bad cold snap a few weeks ago, 
> preceded by very warm weather. Everything had been blooming and leafing 
> out, 
> and the new leaves and catkins and such were frozen. Now, 3 weeks later, 
> many of the large trees throughout our woodlands, oaks and sycamores 
> and hickories and more, look completely dead. Does anyone have experience 
> with this....will they come back this year or at least next?   Thanks, 
> Kathy
>