September in Tennessee sits roughly eight to ten weeks before the average first frost, which makes it fall-garden month rather than a dead zone.

October in Tennessee splits into two very different gardening months. Early in the month, soil is still warm enough for quick-growing greens and root…

By November, the frost windows tracked by NOAA for Tennessee (October 28 to November 8) have already closed across most of the state.

May is the month Tennessee gardens shift into full gear. The state’s last spring frost typically falls between March 31 and April 12 in the Nashville…

Direct-sow only what shrugs off a hard freeze: spinach, kale, lettuce, peas, radishes, and onion sets go in now.

June in Tennessee means the frost risk is already behind you, so this is prime time for warm-season crops: beans, squash, cucumbers, melons, okra…

July in Tennessee sits deep in the growing season, months past the last frost window of March 31 to April 12 and months before the first fall frost of…

January puts almost nothing new into open Tennessee ground. The state’s last spring frost falls between March 31 and April 12, measured at the Nashville…

February sits well ahead of Tennessee’s last spring frost window (March 31 to April 12), so the open garden stays mostly shut for another several weeks.

Tennessee’s ground is closed for business in December. Statewide first fall frost lands October 28 to November 8, so by the time this month starts, the…