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With the release of a new gardening map Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture essentially announced what most people, especially gardeners, already knew: America is getting warmer. The Plant Hardiness Zone Map divides the United States ...

Gardening Map Changes for Global Warming

Gardening is a tricky thing up here in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Recently, I got an inquiry from a resident new to the area. She moved up here last year from the west side of Santa Cruz. Not that far away on the map. It’s a world of difference in soils ...

The Mountain Gardener: Know your mountainous climate zone

If you're planting a spring garden in the U.S. this year, you may want to set aside some extra seed money. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has updated its plant hardiness zone map for the first time since 1990, reflecting how some crops are ...

Climate change gives gardeners new options

but experienced gardeners already know when their yard differs from the zone that surrounds them," she said. That's the case with Judith Watkins, a professional gardener who works out of Brownstown Township. "If you've been gardening for a long ...

How does your garden grow? Warmer in Michigan as temperatures rise

I was advised I am in USDA Hardiness Zone 8a, which means the average annual extreme minimal temperature is 15 to 20 degrees Fahrenheit. The reason that is valuable to know is that online and hard copy gardening catalogs frequently list their ...

Time to prepare for garden abundance

An updated Plant Hardiness Map released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture moves the Quad-Cities — and much of the country — into a warmer zone, meaning that the coldest day of the year isn’t as cold, on average, as it used to be.

Garden guide puts Q-C in slightly warmer zone

Hardiness zones are based on regions' average low temperature in winter. Printed on plant tags and seed packets, they tell the nation's 80 million gardening households which plants will grow best where and when to plant vegetables without fear of frost.

On the calendar, winter. In the garden, spring.

Parts of Oswego and Auburn moved from zone 5b to the warmer 6a zone. The lower the number, the colder it is. The multi-colored map in gardening catalogs and on seed packets helps the country's estimated 80 million gardeners, as well as farmers ...

In the zone: USDA's new plant hardiness map shows we're getting warmer

It's official: Gardeners and farmers can count on warmer weather. If that's you, it might be a good time to rethink those flower and vegetable beds for this year's growing season. That's the word from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which ...