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From: ForestHaven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 8:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ecopath] State of the Homestead (long tour)
> I had no idea all those wonderful things would grow in New Hampshire
> zone 4! We're officially zone 4, too, but our occasional -40 (or
> colder) temps would finish off many of the varieties you've named in
> short order. Compared to our part of the upper midwest, you live in a
> veritable horticultural paradise. I'm envious. Thanks much for your
> entertaining State of the Homestead.
>
> Doug Fields
>
I answer:
Maps list the general area as zone 5, but most locals reguard it as 4. I
especially live in a notorious frost pocket on a NE slope in the
woods.(which however can be good for late flowering on fruit.) Most
summers are plain "not all that hot". But a number of my friends regard
peaches easier to grow than apples with minimal care. I pick my varieties
carefully but this Jan was coldest month in 10 years and after 3 previous
mild winters Spring will tell. I saw a -26 once when 10 or 11 but no
lower than -12 the past 4 winters.
