Cohen,

You need a probe thermometer.  Look in scientific supply house 
catalogs.  There are several, like Daigger and Fisher Scientific, for instance.

Jim Shields

At 10:56 PM 4/15/2011 -0600, you wrote:
>.......
>I actually have no idea how cold it is/gets under our snow pack, which is 
>much less and of shorter duration than yours, though considerably more and 
>longer lasting  than in places like Calgary (where, it should be noted, 
>many things rated for much warmer zones survive in years with little snow 
>cover at all.. of course often little is actually known about the 
>hardiness of various species outside regions with the most gardeners), and 
>varies considerably from one part of my property to another, within a few 
>metres one way or another in some cases! Certainly nothing is growing 
>under the snow here, with the soil solidly frozen before snow cover, 
>generally, and for some time at least  after melt as well!
>More forecast for tomorrow--looks like a late spring here this year!
>Cohan
>..........................

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Jim Shields             USDA Zone 5
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