Not having lived in a tropic climate, I can’t say what it would be like to have summer year-round. I suppose if that is all you knew, then it would seem great. Oh, I know the tropics have their seasonal variations with relatively moderate changes.
It was mid-September and I was spending the day at one of my favorite hiking areas. The place is about 15 miles outside of Lake City, where a large tract of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land abuts National Forest lands.
Would I be correct in saying this has been one unusual gardening season? I think most of us are ready to call it a year, but don’t stop just yet.
Late summer into early fall is a great time to be in the north woods. Anyone who has ever visited northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, or the Canadian Provinces to the north knows exactly of what I speak. I spent a …
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