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growing season
growing season In seasonal climates, the period of rapid growth. Various definitions are used. In Britain, the growing season is the period when the mean temperature exceeds 6°C, though there is no agreement whether daily, weekly, or monthly means should be used, or whether these should be of ground or air temperatures. In the USA, the growing season is defined as the period between the last
killing frost of spring and the first killing frost of autumn, a killing frost usually being regarded as one recorded on a thermometer exposed in a standard way in a
Stevenson's screen.
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Growing a home
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times (IL); 3/19/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...I saw a preview of what the season has in store. At the southwest...nearly $500,000, is part of Growing Home, a Chicago nonprofit...organic farming. The roots of Growing Home began with the Chicago...land swaps with the city, Growing Home was formed to implement...
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Human Contribution to the Lengthening of the Growing Season during 1950-99
Magazine article from: Journal of Climate; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...to result in longer growing seasons. An optimal detection...of increases in the growing season length during 1950...in climatological seasons on a global scale...The two ends of the growing season are also examined...
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Scientists Mapping Increases in Growing Season
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 7/10/1996; 700+ words
; ...have detected evidence that the growing season, in the northern hemisphere at...Of course, Keeling notes, the growing season isn' t longer every year so farmers...consider more than the length of the growing season when projecting long...
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 "Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)")
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Catherine's aiming to get Teesside families growing together.
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 4/27/2009; 648 words
; ...the right time - the start of the growing season is upon us - and I'm here to...groups in the town," she said. Growing Together has been running since...clubs, with 49 using community growing facilities such as allocated playground...
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Ridge Administration Announces `Growing Greener' Funds to Help Beautify Communities.
PR Newswire; 2/4/2000; 700+ words
; ...gardens in the comprehensive `Growing Greener' plans. We look forward...and manage the gardens during the growing season. They usually visit the gardens...water and trim. At the end of the growing season, the annuals are removed...
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Cotton Growing Has Doubled My Fortunes - Buliisa Farmer.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 11/4/2008; 700+ words
; ...adoption of organic cotton growing by the farmers in the traditional cotton growing areas in the north and north...bracing our for the marketing season," Ozelle said. "Our colleagues...not tolerate organic cotton growing confusion caused by the companies...
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Vote for Growing Greener II; Program supports funding for state's environment efforts
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA; 5/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...6 million per year from Growing Greener II. Jerry Feaser...Commission would like to do with Growing Greener II funds is establish...they shot the previous season, or no license would be...the new system. Without Growing Greener II
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Growing Green - the proper way
Newspaper article from: Capital (Annapolis); 3/14/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...an organized campaign like Growing Greener will nudge more people...developed 10 guidelines for the Growing Green Pledge. For details...westrhoderiverkeeper.org and click on Growing Green. Some of the tips include...per year in the fall for cool season grasses, four times per year...
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 "Naperville Sun, The (IL)")
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The Growing Place welcomes spring with its annual festival
Newspaper article from: Naperville Sun, The (IL); 4/7/2003; 700+ words
; ...thegrowingplace.com. THE GROWING PLACE EVENTS Saturday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at The Growing Place, 2000 Montgomery...how to put together three seasons of color in a perennial...26: 11 a.m. at The Growing Place, 25W471 Plank Road...
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Growing habit one to bank on
Newspaper article from: The Nelson Mail; 7/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...munched my way through the seasons, adding up the savings as...we had three fruit trees growing. Now we have 26 fruit trees...and even one nut tree. Growing even more fruit, on the cheap...fingers warmed up. The new season's garlic is already starting...comes plenty of plans for growing my ...
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growing season
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...that of a temperate growing season with shorter days. The length of the growing season often determines which crops...some require long growing seasons and others mature rapidly...Combinations of factors affect the growing season; in the sheltered valleys...
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Tundra
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...environment with short and cool growing seasons. Latitudinal tundra...characterized by cool, short growing seasons. Altitudinal tundra occurs under...daily temperature during the growing season, as well as more intense inputs...
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Climate
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
...mostly dry, winters. With a growing season of sixty to ninety days, the...summers become longer and warmer. Growing seasons reach 90 to 120 days, and the...Continental climate prevails, the growing season reaches 120 to 160 days, and...
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New England
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...habits to accommodate the climate and growing conditions of their new home, the variable...hotter, and more humid than English growing seasons, conditions that adversely affected wheat and pea growing in particular. A recurring mildew attacked...
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SIC 0172 Grapes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...Second, children are playing a growing role in the marketplace with grapes...governments, have transformed grape growing in the United States. Laws encourage...superior pest tolerance and extended growing seasons. In 2002, among the major fresh...
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