Your growing season is basically the window of time each year when plants can grow outside without getting zapped by frost. Technically, it starts after your last frost in spring and ends when the first frost shows up in fall. That frost-free stretch is what most people mean when they talk about their growing season….
Why Your First Frost Date Matters More than Your Garden Zone
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know I talk a lot about timing in the garden.Not zones… not charts… not what your neighbor is planting.Just timing. And it all starts with one thing: Your frost dates. Most gardeners focus so much on their USDA zone that they forget it tells you nothing about…