Hi Everyone,
Just found this quote in an article from astronomy.com:
If North America was in a mini Ice Age, as they say (anyone know the actual average temps at the time?), then I am of a mind to try some of my extras (sars, vfts) with little or no mulching. What do you guys think? No chance for survivors? I'm in Zone 5.
Just found this quote in an article from astronomy.com:
[b said:Quote[/b] ]In 1893, English astronomer Edward Walter Maunder brought something to the world’s attention: Between 1645 and 1714, astronomers reported almost no sunspot activity. This solar funk, which has not been repeated, came to be called the “Maunder minimum,” and it coincided with the coldest part of the Little Ice Age in Europe and North America. That period of global cooling started around 1300 and lasted several centuries.
If North America was in a mini Ice Age, as they say (anyone know the actual average temps at the time?), then I am of a mind to try some of my extras (sars, vfts) with little or no mulching. What do you guys think? No chance for survivors? I'm in Zone 5.