The USDA just updated the plant hardiness zone map, and after being a Zone 4 boy since my twelve-year-old self wrote a fan letter to Lee Bailey, our area has shifted into… Zone 6a?! Don’t tell me global warming isn’t real – this is insane. While I’m thrilled to be able to possibly grow some new species, I’m dismayed and disturbed by this undeniable trend.
Of course with my luck, I’ll deck the yard out in Zone 6a survivors only to have a deep freeze defy the new zones. Call me Elsa and let it fucking go.
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