Pac— Well I just mean to say that each we have periodic wind storms and the wind blows fron the east primarily and that is Central Europe. Sometimes the wind is from the north-east and that where the Zuider Zee, the North Sea and the English Channel is. My country is a very wet and windy place to live.
Sjoerd thank you ok I see what your climate / weather is much like Oregon… very very wet that is….I live in the middle of a rain forest up 950’ above sea level and next door to a forest. Who could ask for anything more…
I can't help at all @Sjoerd. Winter is my best growing season. I don't have a reason to winterize. If I could only cool the garden down in summer I could keep stuff going but, there is no way to "summerize" my garden. I summarize that the garden has to shut down in high summer.
Pac— you have it good there. Annie— you sure do have your challenges there, don’t you. Still, your efforts look so good. Stay cool.
I guess the general consensus here about garden zones is that no matter where we live the weather in our gardens is what dictates what we can and cannot grow or do to improvise a solution to what Mother Nature has created. She makes the rules and we gardeners are slaves. Perhaps happy good slaves to her weather tantrums and her weather blessings. I always wanted to grow subtropical plants by potting them and bring them inside for the winter. That never seemed to work very well for any length of time. Yet I have decided that the data for climate change has changed my zone , it’s hotter in summer and colder in winter. I’m not planting anything new for awhile until Mother Nature gets her act together.. In the mean time editing the garden is on the daily agenda just trying to balance what plants I have left and how to manage next winter. When I think about gardening this time of year , I mean really take a hard look I am ready for a winter break , whether the garden is ready or not. So one day at a time and let it be for now. I count my blessings for the many plants that have survived all the extreme seasonal drought , ice storms, and not to mention some really destructive ground squirrels and gophers. At least my house is still standing and all the trees and shrubs surrounding me are perhaps at their best balance for next winters onslaught or not… I know I did the best I could managing all the elements we gardeners have to cope with on a daily basis as well as managing our own energy levels which is more important to keep our health managed first with ourselves as time goes by.
