Watering a Garden in Louisiana: How Much, How Often, and the Local Rules
South Louisiana gardens live or die on two numbers: 70.7 days a year above 90F at the New Orleans reference station, and a growing climate that spans…
Louisiana Soil: What You Are Digging Into, and How to Improve It
Dig a shovel into most of Louisiana’s uplands and you’re hitting the Ruston series, the soil USDA names as representative of the state.
Louisiana Planting Calendar: When to Sow and Plant, Frost Dates Included
Louisiana’s frost dates run so late and so unreliable near the coast that summer heat, not frost, decides when you can plant.
Flowers That Actually Thrive in Louisiana, and the Ones That Struggle
Louisiana’s heat and humidity, not its mild winters, decide which flowers survive here, from heat-tolerant natives to tender perennials grown as annuals up north.
Kentucky Planting Calendar: When to Sow and Plant, Frost Dates Included
NOAA’s 1991-2020 climate normals give Louisville’s frost dates, and this guide turns them into sowing and transplant windows for Kentucky gardens.
Planting Spring Bulbs in Louisiana: What Will Come Back, and What Will Not
Most spring bulbs sold at Louisiana garden centers will leaf out fine and never flower, or flower once and quit.
Watering a Garden in Kentucky: How Much, How Often, and the Local Rules
Kentucky gardeners deal with two truths that don’t always cooperate: enough heat most summers to push tomatoes and peppers hard, but rainfall that…
Kentucky Soil: What You Are Digging Into, and How to Improve It
Kentucky’s official state soil is the Crider series, a silt-heavy, moderately fertile ground that drains well and leans slightly acid.
Flowers That Actually Thrive in Kentucky, and the Ones That Struggle
A look at which flowers survive Kentucky’s cold winters and hot, humid summers, and which ones need extra help or don’t belong here.
Flowers That Actually Thrive in Kansas, and the Ones That Struggle
A breakdown of which flowers handle Kansas heat, cold and wind, with native picks, reliable perennials, and border-building tips.