On Sun, 12 Mar 2006 11:52:47 -0500, RAINDEAR
wrote:

actually, i was seeking a simple answering like:
hey! raindear: the zone is.....NM z.... whatever

i don't LIVE there....hence, i don't know the zips. i've been investigating
buying land and/or real properties there, not zips; BUT i am an eager and
anxious gardener who has lived in zone 4a TOO LONG and am eagerly
anticipating a zone like 6? 7? heck!! i'd even take 5 at this point---i just
feel VERY underachieving being in zone4. it has so many limitations
regarding the plants "I" like.
don't get me wrong--there are WONDERFUL things growing in them thar woods; i
just, at times, feel bereft of plants i'd fallen in love with in zone 5 and
7.

so....anyone else?? oh!!! and PLEASE....do not give me an EARL that has the
stupid USDA map....not only does one need a microscope to see the teeny
areas, the biggest bad thing is the colours they use are all so quite
similar---it's VERY difficult to tell one pink from another pink. at least
for someone like me who is legally blind. (not blonde---BLIND)

thanks anyways, charles. i DO appreciate any response.


One zip code for Albuquerque is 87101. that puts it in USDA zone 7.
Sunset Western Gardens Book has a different zone system, more detail
and more factors considered. they show the same zone from Albuquerque
on down El Paso and on into Mexico as being the same climate. That is
in the river valley, east and west of the valley it gets cold.