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Spring Duties

I'm working on building a new raised garden bed. This one will be kid-sized for my daughter, who's 2 and a half years old. She likes digging in the dirt with daddy, so now she'll have her own place to make things grow.

New Plant Hardiness Map

The USDA revised their plant hardiness map, the color coded map used by gardeners (like me) to judge what plants will grow in a particular location.  My home in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, was situated along the line separating the warmer Zone 6 from the cooler Zone 5 on the old maps.  On the new maps, all of Allegheny County is in Zone 6a, with the river valleys listed as a slightly warmer Zone 6b. 

Zone 6 now includes almost all of Butler and Armstrong counties, counties that were previously Zone 5 areas.  Across the national maps, the warmer zones are creeping northward.  If you click on the link above, you can access the interactive map and check out the new zones for your state, or if you enter your zip code, the USDA will show which zone you happen to be in.

This of course is further evidence that climate change is a hoax and that Al Gore is fat, also too!11!!