On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:39:15 GMT, Janet Baraclough..
wrote:

from Frogleg contains these words:

They certainly grow veg, incl. tomatoes in Fairbanks, which
is approx. 65N.

There's a big difference between continental climate and the UK's
maritime one.

Right. It doesn't seem fair that NW Europe gets all the benefit of the
Gulf Stream, which just waves at us as it zips north. The winter I was
in Stavanger, Norway, it only got down to 0C just one night between
New Year's and mid-February. Here at home there were 2 blizzards and
nightime temperatures around -10C, in spite of being nearly 15 degrees
further south. AND on the coast.

Back to the sun question, it seems that northern sun, even in winter,
*is* 'thinner'. However, all the more reason to locate a garden where
it gets every bit that's available.