North America
In the United States and Canada, the growing season usually means the days between last and first frost, or approximately the last and first occurrence of 0° C (freezing) overnight low temperature.
In the northern regions this is roughly May to October, in southern-southwestern-Californian regions it is roughly March to November or longer. Proximity to maritime of extremes can extend the growing season.
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“We might hypothetically possess ourselves of every technological resource on the North American continent, but as long as our language is inadequate, our vision remains formless, our thinking and feeling are still running in the old cycles, our process may be ‘revolutionary’ but not transformative.”
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