Hi Paul,

my low has been +4F so far......may drop lower in a few days (as measured at local elementary school).

Nantucket is the island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. That's the most remote island off Mass. I'm sure they don't drop below 0F too much. I'll try too see what there lows are annually.

Tim,

I am familiar with nantucket! I would think they'd have a good shot at some palms out there!!!

" there once was a man from nantucket....................." ( sry had too lol)

FYI paul..... I think you have finally won..... new low for the year is -30C 👿

You take care, Jesse! What is your bet for the passiflora we had a chance seeing in the November?

Im not sure..... its on the warmest spot in the yard: Full southern exposure, against a wall, witha stone path behind it. Even the dead of winter it gets a good 6 hours of sun. The part that is exposed is done fore, was done when we hit -25C in december. The Bottom halm, is under 3 feet tall pile of leaves, and about 2 feet across, and is covered 3 sides with plastic....

If it actualy passiflora cerulea, id give it a 70-80% chance. They are said to be root hady to zone 6, possibly 5 ( which that microclimate is definetly). But it was labeld blue and white passiflora (passiflora sp.), so im assuming it was a hybrid of some sort ( even though it had all the traits of the P. Cerulea)..

If it doesnt work, I have 7 Passiflora incarnata seeds that are soaking in lemon juice, waiting to be sown and statified....... Hardy to zone 6 full on ( is native all the way up to Ohio) , so if i can get then to sprout, ill have a replacement.... If it survives, well, Ill be more then elated, and hopefuly have 2 species of passiflora 😈

Someday I should seeing you in Thunder Bay... Have a dream driving along the highway from Toronto to Thunder Bay...

I hope you like fishing and hiking, thats all there is to do here ( and garden :D)

Oh yeah! Love the both either the hiking or fishing! Those four years I had been living in Toronto I were hiking or fishing or canoeing each weekend. No chance doing that here in Kazakhstan 👿

Well thats a BIT better.. .the temps went up 20F since this morning ( not lower then -30C according to my thromometer though)

Up here is PRIME country for fishing. My city is the only major one up here between sault ste marie and winnipeg... so theres almsot nothing but little towns... trees and water ( too bad its frickin freezing up here usualy in the winter)

a dream driving along the highway from Toronto to Thunder Bay

That's not what people who live there call it 😉

theres almsot nothing but little towns... trees and water

plus the foot-long mosquitos...

Ya the highway between the sault, all the way to manitoba, is brutal. I dont fly, i take the greyhound, or get driven. Its bad on a good day... the worse i seen was drving here, all the way to winnipeg in a colorado low snowstorm. I couldnt see anything except white out every window.. IT was fine after winnipeg... but once the terrain changed from rockcuts and small mountains, to prarie, plowing through 5 foot snow drifts on the highway gets you a little on edge.. LOL

Got down to 7 F here last night, pretty cold for us....hate it! :verycold:

-4F (-20C) here is am.....no surprises.

-7f here this morning, I'm going back to Florida this SUCKS!!!

-5F here last Friday morning-welcome back (to winter 😉 )Bill! 😀