Information For Active Gardeners
This is a collection of key tools you can use online to enhance your gardening success. This is not a collection of lessons. This is a collection of facts and tools.
This tool allows you to determine your average first and last frost dates, which are important to know for planting vegetables. Provided by the Farmer's Almanac. Also select "when to plant" for your planting schedule by zip code.
This tool allows you to determine your soil temperature by day and historic averages, which are important to know when sewing seed directly in the ground. Provided by Greencast / Syngenta.
This tool allows you to determine your plant hardiness zone by exact location, which is important to know for growing perrenial plants. Provided by the USDA.
This is a concise list of vegetables organized by botanical family, which is important to know when companion planting or planting by polyculture. Provided by the Great Stems web page.
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