zone dragging...

Gardeners are not naive about climate change, anyone who gardens sees it occurring right in their own backyard. I, as a gardener, was in zone denial for many years. Insisting upon trying to overwinter Rosemary in my zone 6 garden. Most Rosemary plants are hardy in zone 9 and even though my zone has been reclassified from 6 to 7 in recent years, I now have a rosemary plant that is 3 years old living in a bed at the side of my home. The plants know it and anyone who really knows the plants knows it, our globe is definitely warming. The frosts are later and not as deep and I can, with a fair amount of confidence, put seedlings out in the garden in late April instead of the second week in May. The zone hardiness map has changed quite a bit since 1990, and is likely to keep changing.

Allogenic succession of plants and community change redistribution of wildlife and native species due to habitat depletion/fragmentation and global warming is already happening. We need to make the changes necessary to stabilize our ecosystem. Get active, get aware and let's all get moving towards a greener future! Please join us in celebrating this big BAD day on Change.org.