ForestBoard

The Cypher Nine wrote:

If this was already posted I apologize, but here is an updated USDA map for potentially successful gardening. With this tool you can see how climate change has affected the likelihood of certain plans being successful in your area:

https://apps.npr.org/plant-hardiness-garden-map/

Both an interesting look into climate change, and a helpful gardening tool.

"'We live to kill plants,' Avent says. He estimates that they’ve killed over 50,000 plant varieties in his career. Every one they kill, they record in a database."

I think I just found my new career. I'm hyper-qualified.

My zone hasn't changed, apparently. From personal experience, though, I can say we're definitely getting hotter summers than we used to, and for longer. The worst feature these days, of course, is all the wildfire smoke.

One issue I haven't seen mentioned about wildfire smoke in the media (maybe I just haven't been paying attention) is the effect on homes without air conditioning. If it's 100 degrees out but filled with smoke, and you have no A/C, do you open your windows and get lung damage, or keep them closed and roast?

As a side note, does NPR really think that an animated azalea plant ambling around the border of my browser is making their page more usable?