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Gardening in Kansas: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Kansas: What the Season Actually Allows

Kansas gardeners work with a frost-free window of roughly six to seven months, a USDA hardiness range spanning 5b to 7a, and summers that regularly climb…

Gardening in Iowa: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Iowa: What the Season Actually Allows

Iowa gardeners work inside a frost-free window that runs roughly five and a half to six months, sitting in USDA Hardiness Zones 4b through 6a.

Gardening in Indiana: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Indiana: What the Season Actually Allows

Indiana gardening runs on a frost-free window of roughly five months, bookended by an April thaw and an October freeze that arrive on their own schedule…

Gardening in Illinois: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Illinois: What the Season Actually Allows

Illinois gardening comes down to one question: how many frost-free days do you actually get to work with?

Gardening in Idaho: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Idaho: What the Season Actually Allows

Boise sits in USDA zone 6b-7a territory, but Idaho as a whole spans zones 3b through 7b.

Gardening in Hawaii: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Hawaii: What the Season Actually Allows

There’s no frost season to plan around in lowland Hawaii, and that changes everything about how a garden year works here.

Gardening in Georgia: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Georgia: What the Season Actually Allows

Georgia spans USDA zones 6a to 9b, which means “gardening in Georgia” describes several different growing realities depending on which county you’re in.

Gardening in Florida: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Florida: What the Season Actually Allows

Florida’s growing calendar isn’t one calendar at all. A single hardiness zone number can’t describe a state that runs from the Georgia line to the Keys…

Gardening in Delaware: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Delaware: What the Season Actually Allows

Late August in Delaware means one thing for gardeners: the window for a fall harvest is open, but it’s closing fast.

Gardening in Connecticut: What the Season Actually Allows

Gardening in Connecticut: What the Season Actually Allows

Connecticut gardeners work with a growing season that runs roughly from mid-May to mid-October, depending on where in the state you live, and that window…

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