Here in zone 6 Delaware, it's 31 degrees this morning. I think this is just the third or fourth day it's been below freezing. I've picked a few alpine strawberries in the past week. David At 07:02 PM 12/11/98 -0600, you wrote: >It's been warm enough in the REAL USDA Zone 8 that some of the >spilled sunflower seeds from my birdfeeder have sprouted, grown, >and flowered. I have a small dwarf sunflower patch, about a half- >dozen sunflowers blooming on December 11. > >Harry Boswell hboswell@netdoor.com >USDA Zone 8 >http://www2.netdoor.com/~hboswell > > >