What to Plant in Arkansas in March
March in Arkansas splits the season in two. Cold-hardy crops go into the ground now, tender ones wait in trays.
What to Plant in Arkansas in June
By June, Arkansas gardens are in full swing: this is the month for okra, southern peas, sweet potato slips, melons, and back-to-back plantings of beans…
What to Plant in Arkansas in July
Arkansas gardens in July run hot and fast: soil temperatures well above the range that stalls cool-season seeds, months past the last frost window of…
What to Plant in Arkansas in January
Nothing safely goes into open Arkansas soil this month for tender crops, but the answer isn’t “wait.” Garlic and shallots still go into workable ground…
Growing Potatoes in Utah: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Yes, potatoes grow well in Utah gardens, but summer heat sets the calendar. Plant early enough that tubers form before soil temperatures climb too high…
Growing Potatoes in Texas: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
In the Houston area, the growing season is short by potato standards: a spring crop planted in deep winter, dug well before summer heat locks in.
Growing Potatoes in Tennessee: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Tennessee gardeners get one real shot at sizing potatoes before summer heat shuts the plant down.
Growing Peppers in West Virginia: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
West Virginia’s pepper growers get a break most Southern states don’t: Charleston averages just 16.0 days a year at 90 F or hotter, which keeps…
Growing Peppers in Washington: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Western Washington rarely gets hot enough to stall pepper flowers on the heat end, but it also rarely stays warm enough at night in early summer to…
Growing Peppers in Virginia: Fruit Set, Heat and Timing
Virginia Beach averages 26 days a year at 90 F or hotter, and that heat load is only half the fruit-set equation for peppers.