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Planting and Maintenance

What is a climate zone and how do I determine it?

Your climate zone determines which plants will be safe from a killing frost in an average year, and helps you know the earliest date when you can plant crops outside.

To find your climate zone, refer to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, also refer to the United States National Arboretum’s list of landscape plant examples that are suited for specific plant hardiness zones.

When buying vegetable seeds or comparing varieties, look for the zone hardiness rating on the packaging or defer to any information provided by the supplier.
 

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I purchased some raised bed planters last March. When they arrived, I thought, "Nancy, what were you thinking?!";  I am a brown-thumbed lawyer with no time to tend a garden, and wasn't really sure I would be able to set the darned things up.  Well, I set the beds up in about 20 minutes (all three)! I have to admit, I only have one filled and planted, but I have raised a cherry tomato plant that is over six foot tall and nearly as wide as well as some bell peppers and a zucchini plant that are producing.  It has been a very fun project for me.  I may only get one bed up and operating per year, but at my age the years are zooming by anyway, so they'll all be up and running before I know it, right?

– Nancy B., San Diego, CA

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– Michael A., Georgetown, TX

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– Sharon A., Reno, NV