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Hardiness Zone – What Does It Mean?

We spent a week in a completely different hardiness zone this week, and it was a chance to see how latitude and elevation can change your gardening experience entirely. While SoCal is enjoying full-blown spring weather, places with snow are at least a month away from planting anything outdoors. Let's look at hardiness zones and what they mean. To start, your hardness zone depends on where you live, be it coastal, mountains, valleys, and northern or southern latitudes. Find yourself…

Post author:Christy
Post published:March 12, 2025
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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YouTube: Spring Planting Guide

Our latest YouTube video answers the question, "What do I plant in spring?" It depends on where you live, and your last frost date. What is a last frost date? Find that out, too, in this new video. This new resource supports our regular Spring Planting Guide that appears in our late winter newsletters each year. With these two guides, you'll never wonder "what to plant when" again. Spring Planting Guide https://youtu.be/JBUQzttRFbs Watch our new Spring Planting Guide video here…

Post author:Christy
Post published:March 26, 2019
Post category:Blog What's Growin' On
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Clockwise from upper left (2 of each plant): Renee's Mrs. Burns, Native Seed's Mrs. Burns (1 just sprouted), Salad Leaf Basil, Aurelia Basil, Opal Basil.

Experimental Spring: New Basils and More

Gardeners get bored, so we keep trying new varieties to keep things interesting. This spring at Gardenerd HQ, we're trying out several new seeds for 2015. We planted seeds a week or so ago, and now those seeds are sprouting and the excitement is really kicking in. Let's take a look: 4 types of basil (and 2 different strains of 1 cultivar) sit beautifully in their seed tray. Basil Every year we grow Renee's Garden Seeds Salad Leaf Basil. It's…

Post author:Christy
Post published:March 24, 2015
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Changing of the Guard: Exit Winter, Enter Spring

Spring is just around the corner, and those who can grow fall crops are just starting to swap out winter's harvest for spring seedlings. Here's what we're harvesting this time of year: Lettuces Broccoli Romanesco Cavolo Broccolo a Getti di Napoli - Spigarello to many of you Spinach Arugula Kale Peas Root veggies - carrots, parsnips, beets, etc. There are a few nibbles here and there on lettuce leaves, and more aphids than we'd care to admit, but that's just…

Post author:Christy
Post published:March 13, 2013
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Beans, squash, orach spinach, and herbs. Start these and more now.

Spring Planting: Gardeners, Start Your Engines!

It's time to start planning and planting that spring garden. Most gardeners in climates with last frost dates in March can start seeds indoors now. If you live in a warmer, frost-free zone, you can still start seeds indoors, but you'll soon be able to plant out in the ground next month. A question came in from a new garden about what to plant now. Here's our helpful spring planting guide: Cool Weather stuff: Asparagus – plant crowns and slowly…

Post author:Christy
Post published:January 17, 2013
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