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When to Start Pepper Seed in Tennessee

When to Start Pepper Seed in Tennessee

In Middle Tennessee, sow pepper seed indoors between roughly February 4 and February 18, then move transplants outside after the last frost, once soil…

When to Start Pepper Seed in Saskatchewan

When to Start Pepper Seed in Saskatchewan

In Saskatchewan, start pepper seed indoors 8 to 10 weeks before you plan to transplant outside, and count your transplant date from two things: the day…

When to Start Pepper Seed in Pennsylvania

When to Start Pepper Seed in Pennsylvania

In most of Pennsylvania, pepper seed goes into trays indoors somewhere between early and mid-March, with transplanting outdoors held until after the last…

When to Start Pepper Seed in Kansas

Freshly harvested yellow and red bell peppers arranged on a wooden table with a garden plant visible in the background.

Start pepper seed indoors 8 to 10 weeks before the day you plan to set plants outside.

Growing Sweet Potatoes in New Hampshire

New Hampshire potato beetles in various life stages on a potato plant leaf, including an adult with distinctive yellow and black stripes and reddish larvae with dark spots.

Sweet potatoes can be grown in New Hampshire, but not on autopilot. The crop is tropical, the summers here are short and often cool, and only 10.9 days a…

Hedge Plants for Oklahoma: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy

Hedge Plants for Oklahoma: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy

Of the 12 hedge species documented on this site, 8 survive everywhere in Oklahoma, from zone 6a to zone 8a on the USDA map.

Growing Sweet Potatoes in Newfoundland and Labrador

Mature potato plants in a garden bed with harvested tubers visible at the soil surface and a soil thermometer inserted nearby.

Sweet potatoes can grow in Newfoundland and Labrador, but only as a deliberate project. At St.

When to Pull Carrots in Massachusetts, and How to Keep Them

Freshly harvested carrots with soil clinging to their roots displayed on dark garden soil in a raised bed with flowering plants in the background.

Pull carrots when the tops are full, the shoulders at the soil line have turned deep orange, and roughly 70 to 100 days have passed since the seed went…

Hedge Plants for Ohio: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy

Hedge Plants for Ohio: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy

Ten of the twelve hedge species documented on this site hold across all of Ohio, which the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023 places in zones 5b to 6b.

Growing Sweet Potatoes in New Brunswick

Mature potato plants in a garden bed with harvested tubers visible at the soil surface and a soil thermometer inserted nearby.

Yes, sweet potatoes can be grown in New Brunswick, but the timing is tight and the margin for error is thin.

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