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Comment on Interactive First Frost Date Map for New Mexico by Christopher Lee

Christopher Lee — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 19:25:04 +0000

Where did you get this data? I’m having a nightmare trying to find frost dates. Great site.

Comment on Interactive Map of Current Drought Conditions in the United States by Mike Inaba

Mike Inaba — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:25:17 +0000

Jay Therman asks “…why have the maps at all???…”

even if the data is not granular to your requirements, the overall trend is informative. Such is the case with gradient based information. The cost/ granularity data gathering curve is exponential. You could think of it like a mother’s hand on your forehead to determine if you have a fever. The actual temperature is less important than the relative difference from normal temperature. Based on that information, any number of valid actions could be prompted- a moist towel, a cool bath, or a call to the doctor (or nothing at all).

As for environmental conditions along geopolitical boundaries, it may be just the reverse. Geopolitical boundaries are often made along environmental gradients- rivers for example.

I was excited to see this map resource, since it’s a very attractive way to display otherwise unwieldy information. Many people are visual learners, and this map helps to convey why drought has been so costly (in my focus, due to the loss of trees).

a Big THANK YOU to the site coordinators for aggregating all this data in such an attractive way.

Comment on Interactive Last Frost Date Map for Texas by W Robinson

W Robinson — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 03:28:09 +0000

I don’t know who runs this site, but it is very helpful and interesting. I love being able to look closely at the areas I focus on. Also the Texas frost map also has a native plant distribution mapping feature that is fascinating.

Comment on Growing Eucalyptus Trees in the Southeastern US by Annabel

Annabel — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:11:28 +0000

I would add eucalyptus gunni tree to that list. Eucalyptus trees are benefical in domestic and medicinal uses.

Comment on Interactive Map of Current Drought Conditions in the United States by Jay Therman

Jay Therman — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 16:26:23 +0000

Louisiana map indicates that drought conditions are Severe to Extreme. Simply by stepping across the border into Mississippi, drought conditions become MODERATE? Obviously the information for one of those states is WRONG. I was not aware that weather/plant/soil conditions existed along geopolitical boundaries. If the maps cannot reflect the actual existing conditions, why have the maps at all??????????

Comment on Interactive First Frost Date Map for Utah by Tyson

Tyson — Thu, 12 May 2011 23:43:09 +0000

Great site! We live in a cold pocket of Utah, and didn’t know exactly when to plant our garden. Thanks for the information!

Comment on Interactive Map of 2010 British Columbia Hardiness Zones by Michael Ronayne

Michael Ronayne — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:55:28 +0000

At Dave’s Garden another member is reporting that the same Zip Codes are working for them. I tested using IE and FireFox and it is still returning the wrong results for me. The following link has a screen capture from FireFox for ZIP 45371.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1166340/

I will test again using another computer.

Mike

Comment on Interactive Map of 2010 British Columbia Hardiness Zones by Michael Ronayne

Michael Ronayne — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:01:22 +0000

This is off topic but there are serious errors in this mapping service. Please try the following to ZIP Codes:

Tipp City, Ohio 45371
Greenfield, Ohio 45123

Unless Ohio have been moved to Alaska the values are obviously in error. Note that for Greenfield Ohio, the USDA Hardiness Zone and PlantMaps Hardiness Zone are in agreement either. You should have an open BLOG entry for error reporting and a direct link to it.

Mike