http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2006/10/first-frost/ Gardening: from a West Coast, urban, organic perspective. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2006/10/first-frost/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Andrea Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:51:29 +0000 http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2006/10/first-frost/#comment-1286 Yep, that’s pretty much exactly it – we get the warm ocean currents coming up from Mexico plus we’ve got the Coastal mountain range sheltering us from the Alberta/prairie harshness. I think Seattle is the same zone – Vancouver is only a couple hours north.

]]> http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2006/10/first-frost/comment-page-1/#comment-1285 Nelumbo Wed, 01 Nov 2006 22:43:36 +0000 http://heavypetal.ca/archives/2006/10/first-frost/#comment-1285 That really confuses me that you are so much further North than us and yet get a later frost. I see you are 8b vs us at 7b. Are you sheltered by mountains or warmed by ocean currents something?

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