Cool vs. warm season vegetables and herbs
In an herb-gardening class this morning, I had a lovely participant that had recently moved to South Carolina from upstate NY.
It was a great reminder (for me) of what a wonderfully benign climate that we have in the Carolinas for growing herbs and vegetables!
Our average last spring frost date ("historically" April 15) is really more like April 8 (or earlier) now. And we've moved from Zone 7b to Zone 8, in the Piedmont of South Carolina.
In the mountains of Western North Carolina, where I spend time in the summer and on weekends, in the Asheville basin (where our small house is), we're now Zone 7 b, instead of Zone 6, and I'm sure the 'heat island effect' along with the stone raised beds that I have, bump that up!
Needless to say, even as we're moving into true spring, I'm harvesting the last overwintered arugula (it's starting to bolt) as I'm planting spring cool-season seeds, too, and thinking about transplants of warm-season vegetables to come.
A Master Gardener volunteer, who enjoyed the Hawaiian Pineapple tomatoes last year (that I did, too) asked via email today if we would have transplants for them at our spring sale. Well, no, I replied, as we've rearranged how we grow transplants, but I then ordered seeds, and will share, for sure!
It was a great reminder (for me) of what a wonderfully benign climate that we have in the Carolinas for growing herbs and vegetables!
Our average last spring frost date ("historically" April 15) is really more like April 8 (or earlier) now. And we've moved from Zone 7b to Zone 8, in the Piedmont of South Carolina.
In the mountains of Western North Carolina, where I spend time in the summer and on weekends, in the Asheville basin (where our small house is), we're now Zone 7 b, instead of Zone 6, and I'm sure the 'heat island effect' along with the stone raised beds that I have, bump that up!
Needless to say, even as we're moving into true spring, I'm harvesting the last overwintered arugula (it's starting to bolt) as I'm planting spring cool-season seeds, too, and thinking about transplants of warm-season vegetables to come.
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| Amending vegetable beds in the satellite garden (a couple of years ago) |
You mentioned your spring sale...when do you typically hold your spring sale?
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned your spring sale. Typically, when do you hold your spring sale?
ReplyDeleteNormally our spring sales are in April -- this year they're on April 12 (Friends) and 13th (Public) and April 27.
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