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Daily Archives: October 27, 2021

USDA Hardiness Zone and Frost Dates

The leaves are changing and the days are growing shorter. Autumn is a great time to plan your garden for next year and enjoy the last summer blooms before winter sets in. As a new grower there are some more jargon heavy phrases that I hear quite often. The first of these was “zone.” While I clearly know the word zone I did not fully understand what it meant in terms of growing. I would watch videos of fellow growers on YouTube and they would say things like, “I am growing in zone 7” or &#8220…