Jonna
I would like zone 11 myself. I like the heat and I am one of the rare ones that likes humidity. I believe your heat is a dry heat though, is it not? When I was in Mexico, the heat seemed dryer to me.
I do have to mark certain things, so I don't pull them up the following spring when getting my gardens ready. I can recognize a number of the newer leaves that come up, but definitely not all of them.
I know that Mary is under 2 feet of snow - we have not shut down our pond yet - typically that is between Thanksgiving and the first week of December. I do think it will be later this year. I did start journalling all of this back in 2006, however we have been ponding since 2001.
Carolyn
