What to Plant in Alabama in April
By late April, most of Alabama has cleared its last frost window, and warm-season crops can go into the ground with real confidence.
When to Plant Onions in Alabama
Alabama gardeners get one real shot at a full-size onion bulb each year, and it opens with the calendar, not the thermometer.
Growing Potatoes in Indiana: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
If you’re gardening in Indiana, the short version is this: summer heat is not what will beat you here.
Growing Potatoes in Illinois: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Illinois gardeners get a favorable hand here: the reference city sees only 14 days a year at or above 90 F, well under the threshold that stalls tuber…
Growing Potatoes in Idaho: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Yes, Idaho grows potatoes about as well as anywhere in the country, but the reason isn’t luck.
Growing Potatoes in Hawaii: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Hawaii’s coastline sees no frost. None. NOAA’s 1991-2020 climate normals return a “not computable” flag for every freeze percentile at the reference…
Growing Potatoes in Georgia: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Georgia gardeners can grow potatoes successfully, but the state’s heat load rewrites the calendar.
Growing Potatoes in Florida: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Florida doesn’t run on one potato calendar, it runs on two. In Jacksonville and points north, gardeners plant a single spring crop and race to dig it…
Growing Potatoes in Delaware: Dates, Varieties and Summer Heat
Delaware gardeners can grow potatoes successfully, but the summer heat sets a hard limit.
Growing Parsnips in Alabama: Will They Sweeten?
Parsnips will grow across most of Alabama, but whether they turn sweet depends on how many hard, frosty nights the ground actually sees.