Is there a climate map of the USA that could be added to the forum somewhere?

As most of KGI members live in the USA maybe someone could add a gardening climate map of the States with a list of the States and there abbreviation. Then readers from outside the US could follow the discussions related to gardening seasons more easily. You have huge climatic differences from state to state, so winter gardening means many things.
Us Aussies tend to know state names but not the abbreviations, I remember Kate mentioning this before.

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Permalink Reply by Tamra on September 9, 2008 at 8:29pm: I looked for a map, but could not find one with the state names. This is the best I could find.
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html.

Maybe it would be helpful, if we include our garden zone when we post. Do other countries have something like garden zones, or plant hardiness zones?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maggie on September 9, 2008 at 10:25pm: Thanks that's great, easy to see the climate in the area and the abbreviations are there as well.
I shall see what I can find for Australia.
Its a lovely spring day here, so I am doing some weeding and enjoying the birds chirping and the kookaburras are having a great chuckle.There are lots of bees on the winter greens I let flower and go to seed. And all our summer vegetable seeds are germinating well.
A gardeners paradise.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Penelope on September 11, 2008 at 1:25pm: Seed catalogs always carry zone maps. For my region they've been fairly consistent.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ian on September 10, 2008 at 3:55pm: Hi both... If there is any interest I could pull together the climate maps into the same place as a note. You get to notes through the navbar at the top of the page.....
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Permalink Reply by Maggie on September 10, 2008 at 4:06pm: I think it would be good to have the climate maps as a note as a quick reference to discussions. I think we would be more likely to check out where people are gardening if it is on the page.
Okay, we could navigate away from the page to check climate and locations but that takes time and most of us blog in our coffee breaks!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tamra on September 10, 2008 at 4:36pm: I think that would be very helpful. THANKS!!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by John Walker on September 11, 2008 at 10:39am: Brook Elliott once said to me that the USDA hardiness zones were next to useless, because most of what we would grow are annuals (biennials).
Maybe Frost free dates, real ones, not USDA ones, would be more useful.
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Permalink Reply by Penelope on September 11, 2008 at 1:24pm: I saw on a PBS special that frost free dates may no longer apply with climate change being as it is. Some people in Minnesota were interviewed and said their growing season is quite a bit longer and they're able to grow vegetables and flowers that were unthinkable just a few years ago.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maggie on September 11, 2008 at 4:54pm: Maybe we could add a description of the kind of climate we are gardening in to our profiles.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tamra on September 11, 2008 at 6:38pm: I think that is a great idea Maggie!!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ian on September 12, 2008 at 6:24pm: I have now created a note with Tamra's link in it... If anyone wants to add frost dates, or maps for other regions, please just let me have the information and I'll put it in... Maggie, did you find a map for Australia??; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maggie on September 12, 2008 at 9:12pm: Here we go Ian....http://www.diggers.com.au/pdf/I_HEATZ01.pdf

From Kate and Maggie !!!; ▶ Reply to This

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