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		<title>Raging Against The Weather:  April Snow Showers In Perspective</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, many of you Interior Alaskans were probably raging this morning. Like, full on shaking your fists at the sky and mumbling something about moving to Central Africa later this week. So, let&#8217;s put all this new white stuff in perspective! It&#8217;s not all that uncommon for us to see snow fall in April, even [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Two Weeks From Disaster:  Navigating The Coldest Spring In Memory</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2026/04/12/two-weeks-from-disaster-navigating-the-coldest-spring-in-memory/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s starting to look like we might struggle a little bit this season. We&#8217;re just not seeing outdoor temperatures truly warm up, which might throw a wrench or five in our plans. One of our main strategies is to move some of our plants out to our heated greenhouse. We usually start looking at [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Happy &#8220;Spring&#8221; Everyone, What We&#8217;re Looking Forward To!</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2026/03/20/happy-spring-everyone-what-were-looking-forward-to/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:07:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy &#8220;spring&#8221; everyone. We find the spring equinox almost comical to celebrate here. It was 20 below zero this morning and perhaps obviously, our frozen world hasn&#8217;t even begun to give way even a little bit. This winter has been absolutely brutal on us. We&#8217;ve had some of the coldest sustained temperatures and heaviest snowfalls [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Necessity Behind Why We Need To Germinate &#038; Raise Plants Indoors</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2026/03/01/the-necessity-behind-why-we-need-to-germinate-raise-plants-indoors/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 20:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern Living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Seeds]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;re now down to a week out to kicking off our seed starting operation! It&#8217;s barreling down the pipe faster that we expected, as usual. So, let&#8217;s talk about the &#8220;necessity&#8221; behind why we need to raise our plants indoors. When we woke up this morning, it was pushing a brisk 35 below zero [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Florida Is Freezing:  Northern vs. Southern Frost Protection</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2026/02/02/florida-is-freezing-northern-vs-southern-frost-protection/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frost Protection]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the interesting things about operating the most northern gardening blog is we always know when it&#8217;s getting cold in the lower 48 just from our site&#8217;s analytics! But, when we start getting traffic from places like Florida, something is definitely sideways! Curiously, yesterday, it was actually warmer in Kodiak, Alaska than it was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Alaska Garden Season Begins:  Our Journey As A Northern Garden Blog</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2026/01/08/the-alaska-garden-season-begins-our-journey-as-a-northern-garden-blog/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:10:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Northern Living]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, we changed our focus here at Frosty Garden significantly. We went from being an &#8220;Interior &#38; South Central Alaska&#8221; gardening resource to a &#8220;far northern&#8221; gardening resource. A huge part of the reason for this was because of all of you. The information we produce is relevant to Canadians, Norwegians, Swedes, people [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Predicting First Frost:  Reading The Weather &#038; Understanding Frost</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2025/09/18/predicting-first-frost-reading-the-weather-understanding-frost/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Frost Protection]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;re starting to get into the weather patterns where we can predict impending frosts. There&#8217;s a lot of gardeners that think frost is this super mysterious thing, knowable only by trained meteorologists. We like to teach people about it, because truly, observation is the only tool you typically need! All of you are familiar [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Average First Frost Date Passed, What That Means For Our Garden</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2025/09/01/average-first-frost-date-passed-what-that-means-for-our-garden/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 22:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Happy Labor Day, everyone! We&#8217;re celebrating the holiday with, you guessed it, a whole lot of labor! We&#8217;ve been busy this weekend. Today also marks our average first frost date. So, from this point forward, we&#8217;re basically on borrowed time. Though it&#8217;s possible we could have days or even weeks until the frosts settle in, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Using Amateur Meteorology To Predict The Future!</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2025/05/15/using-amateur-meteorology-to-predict-the-future/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 02:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve never really breached this topic here at Frosty Garden, so let&#8217;s get into it! And that&#8217;s predicting the future! No, we&#8217;re not fortune tellers here. But, one thing we do generally look at each year are the general climate predictions for the season. Though it&#8217;s mostly for entertainment purposes, and we&#8217;re prepared to ride [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Beware Of Fool&#8217;s Spring &#038; Unexpected Shoulder Season Frosts</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2025/05/03/beware-of-fools-spring-unexpected-shoulder-season-frosts/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2025 22:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[OK, as we march towards our coming planting dates, let&#8217;s talk about something important. And that&#8217;s fool&#8217;s spring. Every year, new and unsuspecting gardeners lose their entire gardens to mother nature. In most seasons, spring will often present with sudden warmer temperatures and nicer days. We start seeing green up, all around us. Many newer [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Does Frost Happen &#038; How Can You Protect Your Plants?</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2025/04/29/how-does-frost-happen-how-can-you-protect-your-plants/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:11:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We talk about frost a lot around here. Even our name, Frosty Garden, is deeply rooted in the concept. So, let&#8217;s deep dive into what frost is, how it happens and what it means for your plants. It all starts with this mysterious meteorological measurement that you&#8217;ve probably heard of, but have no idea what [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>What Does Hard Frost Look Like?</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/10/08/what-does-hard-frost-look-like/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Oct 2024 22:14:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s looking increasingly like it was a good decision for us to pull the plug on our gardens this week. We&#8217;ve had our first day where frost simply did not let up through the day! But, this does allow us an opportunity to dive into the concepts of &#8220;light frost&#8221; and &#8220;hard frost.&#8221; These [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seasonal Influences On The Taste Of Your Gardens</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/09/27/seasonal-influences-on-the-taste-of-your-gardens/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Sep 2024 03:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We had a bang up season for our Brussels sprouts this year! One of the best in recent memory! We talk about the tips and tricks we use to get Brussels sprouts to fully sprout in a far northern garden. Plant manipulation is an essential technique to use in northern climates and as you can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How We Know That Our First Frost Is Coming</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/09/16/how-we-know-that-our-first-frost-is-coming/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve been asked in years past how we &#8220;know&#8221; that frost is coming, seeking insight into how we interpret weather patterns and first/last frosts. Well, we&#8217;re going to share one tip with you. In the fall months, there&#8217;s usually a single day where it just starts to &#8220;feel&#8221; cold. You might have seen lower temperatures [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Crop Failure:  Seasonality Issues Growing Bush Beans</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/09/10/crop-failure-seasonality-issues-growing-bush-beans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 07:02:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, since we were talking about a &#8220;less than successful&#8221; harvest with our corn yesterday, it&#8217;s probably time for us to breach the topic of total crop failure! We jokingly call these our &#8220;mighty harvests!&#8221; And, oh, how we completely failed at bush beans this year! In case you didn&#8217;t get the &#8220;mighty harvest&#8221; reference, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Late Season Cold Climate Gardens:  The Signs Of Impending Frost</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/09/04/late-season-cold-climate-gardens-the-signs-of-impending-frost/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 06:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For you new gardeners, we wanted to put up a post about what frost looks like on plants. You might see your plant&#8217;s leaves do &#8220;strange things&#8221; around this time of year and there&#8217;s no cause for concern. As you can see here, we got some very, very light frost on some of our squash [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Getting Plants Outside Before It&#8217;s Safe To Do So?  A How-To.</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/05/08/getting-plants-outside-before-its-safe-to-do-so-a-how-to/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2024 02:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we get closer and closer to our last frost, some of you might be getting pretty desperate to get your plants outside. So, let&#8217;s talk about &#8220;how low can you go?&#8221; For the sake of science and sometimes necessity, we&#8217;ve done some experimentation with leaving our plants outside when its still quite cold overnight. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fool&#8217;s Spring:  What It Means &#038; What It Looks Like</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/05/06/fools-spring-what-it-means-what-it-looks-like/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 02:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I guess it&#8217;s appropriate for us to talk about fool&#8217;s spring today! If you live in the Interior, we hope you didn&#8217;t have any plants out yet! In cold climates, it&#8217;s exceptionally common for things to warm up about a month before that last frost. We often see 50 to 60 degree days and it [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Contributing Factors To Frost:  Dew Point, Temperatures, Soil</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/05/02/contributing-factors-to-frost-dew-point-temperatures-soil/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 02:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[So, we had a bit of an &#8220;incident&#8221; last night that reminded us about an important nuance to understand in cold climate gardening and the temperature tolerance of plants. We are in the process of hardening off some frost sensitive plants right now, with the intention of getting them out to our greenhouse this weekend. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>There&#8217;s Something Worse Than USDA Zone 1!</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/04/25/theres-something-worse-than-usda-zone-1/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2024 01:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Since we&#8217;ve been on kind of a &#8220;meta&#8221; kick with some of our posts lately, I kind of wanted to explore a recent interaction and learning experience I had with one of our readers. For the longest time, perhaps my entire life of growing perennials, I&#8217;ve always assumed that the USDA growing zone 1 was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Perennials And Very Cold Winter Temperatures</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2024/01/27/perennials-and-very-cold-winter-temperatures/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2024 21:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We are really seeing our perennial game put to the test this winter here in the Interior! This is honestly what makes the perennial game in the Interior of Alaska so darn difficult. Believe it or not, we&#8217;ve got it &#8220;lucky&#8221; with a mere 40 below zero lows overnight! Some of our neighbors are reporting [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>USDA Releases 2023 Edition Of USDA Zone Maps</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2023/11/19/usda-releases-2023-edition-of-usda-zone-maps/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Nov 2023 21:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Every 10 years or so, the USDA updates what are known as &#8220;hardiness&#8221; or &#8220;zone&#8221; maps for the US.  The 2023 map update was recently released! These maps relate to the minimum temperatures that are expected to be seen across the US.  The United States is broken out into 13 different growing zones, with minimum [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our First Snowfall Of The Winter, Winter Is Coming</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2023/10/02/our-first-snowfall-of-the-winter-winter-is-coming/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 03:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, I guess it&#8217;s a good thing we pulled our final crops just yesterday! We suspected this was coming, it looks like our first snow arrived a little bit ahead of schedule! We&#8217;re still not quite done with things for the year. We have a few things left to talk about, like our final garden [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>On The Cold Hardiness Of Flowers:  A Nicotiana Study</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2023/09/28/on-the-cold-hardiness-of-flowers-a-nicotiana-study/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 03:14:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When we talk about cold hardiness, most grower&#8217;s interests are going to solidly land in the &#8220;food&#8221; spectrum of growing. But, one of the things we have observed is that the concept of cold hardiness also extends over into flowers as well. You&#8217;ve probably observed that some flowers are simply not cold hardy at all. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seeing Is Believing:  The Cold Hardiness Of Some Crops</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2023/09/26/seeing-is-believing-the-cold-hardiness-of-some-crops/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2023 03:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We talk a ton about the cold hardiness of plants around here. We&#8217;ve long felt it&#8217;s one of the most vital things to understand when growing in an extreme cold climate. It&#8217;s one thing to hear or read something, another to see it. We&#8217;ve now clocked in multiple sub-freezing nights since our first frost last [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>September 23rd, 2023:  Our First Frost Of The Year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2023 02:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, we knew it was coming sooner or later! But, we&#8217;ve experienced our first frost of the year! Definitely one of the latest ones we&#8217;ve seen. There was something a bit peaceful about it. As I headed into work this morning, I took a moment to appreciate our first breach of the year into the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>How We Interpret Late Frosts &#038; What They Mean To Us</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2023/09/14/how-we-interpret-late-frosts-what-they-mean-to-us/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 23:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, despite yesterday&#8217;s frost warning for the Interior, our gardens are still going strong. Sure, they&#8217;re showing all the late season signs, but our frost sensitive plants are still standing. We want to share our take on these exceptionally &#8220;late first frosts.&#8221; Given that we&#8217;re easily 14 to 20 days past due for a frost, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Some Thoughts On Reading The Weather &#038; Harvesting Strategically</title>
		<link>https://frostygarden.com/2023/09/02/some-thoughts-on-reading-the-weather-harvesting-strategically/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 00:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the difficult realities we&#8217;ve learned to accept in extreme cold climate growing is that, at a certain point, the season is going to abruptly end. Sure, there&#8217;s a little bit of variability from season to season. But, the truth is that after that average first frost date, the season is on a ticking [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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