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Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
Sunday » May 25 » 2008
Lemons in Victoria? Blame it on climate change
Retiree’s garden grows everything from olives to kiwi
Sandra Mcculloch — Canwest News Service
VICTORIA – When climate change hands you lemons, make lemonade.
Retired entomologist Bob Duncan and his wife,
Verna, are growing big, beautiful lemons against
a south-facing wall in his North Saanich, B.C.
backyard, something he couldn’t have done decades
ago when skating on Victoria ponds in winter was
a common occurrence.
News that lemons now flourish here doesn’t
surprise University of Victoria climatologist
Andrew Weaver, who adds that gardeners no longer
need to bring their geraniums inside over winter.