Growing Collards in Nebraska
Collards go into a Nebraska garden once the soil has caught up with spring, not the moment the calendar clears frost risk.
Hedge Plants for Arizona: What Holds, and What Only Looks Hardy
Ask which hedge plants work in Arizona and the honest answer is: it depends on which Arizona you mean.
When to Pull Carrots in Florida, and How to Keep Them
Florida carrots tell you they’re ready with their shoulders, not a calendar. Once the top of the root pushes up out of the soil to somewhere around…
Growing Collards in Montana
Collards can be grown successfully in Montana, but only as a single-season crop timed tightly to the state’s short, cold-bound calendar.
Growing Collards in Missouri
Collards go into a Missouri garden once the soil has shed its spring chill, which in most of the state means waiting past the April 6 to April 20 frost…
Growing Collards in Mississippi
Mississippi gardeners can put collard seed or transplants in the ground almost twice a year, once the spring soil has actually warmed rather than just…
Growing Collards in Minnesota
Collards in Minnesota go into the ground once the last spring frost has passed, sometime between April 17 and April 30 depending on the year, and they…
Growing Collards in Michigan
Michigan’s frost dates set the planting and harvest window for collards, but soil temperature and winter lows decide whether they overwinter or end at first hard freeze.
Growing Collards in Massachusetts
Collards go into Massachusetts soil once the ground has warmed past the last frost risk, usually mid to late April near Boston and a bit later inland.
Growing Collards in Maryland
In most of Maryland, collards go into the ground once soil temperatures climb into the mid-40s and hold there, which typically lines up with mid-to-late…