I'm in northeast CT and have a Harbor Freight GH that's not heated. I have some thermal mass to help keep things "warm", Last night it went down to 6 degrees...inside it was 23! I've already germinated a bunch of seeds in my house and will move the plants out late this month. You could check the monthly averages on weather.com to guesstimate when the average nightly temperature stays above 32...it should be around the second week of April. -Rob T.

Oops -- late to see this, been away from internet. It has been claimed -- but I will contact you if the current recipient falls through for any reason!

Here's the deal, the larger size and weight actually make it easier to hoop at first. Did your daughter just get a cheapie hoop from Walmart? If so, she may get frustrated with it. If she wants a lighter weight hoop, that still has enough weight for an adult to use she should check out the hoops at Hoopnotica and Canyon Hoops She might want to especially check out the Hoopnotica travel hoop. It comes in 6 sections, and can be put together using either all 6 or only 5 sections, which can be helpful for smaller people or those with limited space to hoop in. Another great resource is Hooping.org

I do still have my red clackers somewhere! I had the ankle one too but it was not the lemon twist it had a red ball on the end. We all did the hula hoops, my sisters were very good they were older than me. I jumped the hula hoop. We also had these big bamboo poles that two people held one on each end and tapped them on the ground then together and we had to jump in between with out getting smashed by the poles, I don't remember what that was called, I was actually pretty good at that one. And remember pick up sticks?Pick-up sticks I still have my Chinese fortune telling sticks too. They come in a canister and you would gently shake the can till one stick fell out. Each one had a fortune on it. the Foo Chu those are the exact ones I still have lol. Did anyone else have a Frosty snow cone maker? shaped like Frosty the snow man and you put ice cubes in and cranked it and it shaved the ice to make snow cones. I had the coke fountain too have no idea where that is because it would probably have some value.