Cold Climate Gardening
		Blog Details Author: Kathy Cold Climate Gardening provides the information gardeners need to successfully garden in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder. Links, book reviews, recommended plants and an informative blog. Median Rating: 5 Rate This Garden Blog: 5 - Perfect 4 - Good 3 - Average 2 - Mediocre 1 - Bad
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Sneak-a-Peek Recent excerpts from Cold Climate Gardening. How to Have Fun with the New Hardiness Map by Kathy Purdy 5 Feb 2012 at 5:34am Since I just got done telling you what the new USDA Hardiness Map is not good for, I thought I should at least show you how to have some fun with it. Okay, not rolling on the floor laughing fun. Pr... The New USDA Hardiness Map and Cold Climate Gardening by Kathy Purdy 4 Feb 2012 at 2:13am The new hardiness map put out by the USDA is not going to help you at all if you’ve been gardening in the same spot for any length of time with your eyes open and your mind engaged. Let’s face it: ... Winterberries: Wildflower Wednesday by Kathy Purdy 26 Jan 2012 at 12:56am Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a native holly that drops its leaves in the fall. That’s what enables them to survive in colder climates. If your winter landscape seems dark and dreary, you will...

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