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Gardening

spinbaby

(15,088 posts)

6. Western PA here

Reply to NRaleighLiberal (Original post)

Sat Jun 8, 2019, 01:11 PM

Jun 2019

Zone 6 more or less. I grew up in this area and my father was an avid gardener. He always said that the first week in the spring you could count on being frost free was the last week in May. This year our last frost was in early April.

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Let's talk about how climate change is impacting how/when we garden - share some observations [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 OP

Nimblewill is much more common in lawns now in Ohio Botany Jun 2019 #1

I've been gardening in the same place since 1976. The changes would fill a book. enough Jun 2019 #2

You might want to check whether you have jumping worms, an invasive species The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #5

if i dont get a real greenhouse here, i am never gonna make money. mopinko Jun 2019 #3

Zone 4 here, but Zone 5 is creeping up on us. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #4

Western PA here spinbaby Jun 2019 #6

giving this a late afternoon kick NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 #7