Garden Planner Pro Blog
Frost Dates
Guides and how-tos from the Garden Planner Pro blog on frost dates.
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Every Way to Protect Fall Crops From a Hard Freeze, Ranked
A hard freeze is coming for the kale, carrots and lettuce still in your beds. Every way to protect them, ranked from the trick that barely helps to the one that always works.
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Start Your Seeds in This Order or Your Peppers Will Be Late
Onions and celery go first, squash last, and peppers earlier than most people think. Nine crops ranked by how many weeks before last frost to start them.
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Your First Frost Date Is a Coin Flip (and Your Low Corner Loses First)
An average first frost date means roughly half of years are earlier. Why the number is wrong for your yard, where the cold actually settles, and what to watch instead.
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How to Plan a Fall Vegetable Garden by Counting Backward From Frost
Late July is when fall planting gets decided. The days-to-maturity math that tells you what still has time to make it before your first frost.
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How to Find Your First and Last Frost Dates
Looking up your frost dates takes two minutes. Understanding what they're actually promising you takes longer, and that's where gardens get lost.
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