When you're planting your garden, you want to give your plants the best chance of thriving. Some places are too cold for certain plants, and others are too warm. So how do you know what's just right ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Top view of flowers in pots with gardening tools on grey floor. Before venturing to the nursery, ask yourself, "What gardening ...

Outside, it still looks like winter. But on the kitchen table, a stack of seed packets says otherwise. March is the month when indoor seed starting takes off in earnest, and if you’ve ever ended up ...

February can feel like the most confusing month in the garden. A few warm days whisper spring, but one wrong move now can undo months of patience later. For USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 4–6, February is ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently issued a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map that has shifted many areas in our region a half a zone higher. This is the map that most gardeners use to determine ...

BURLINGTON, Conn. (WFSB) - USDA plant hardiness zones categorize areas based on their average minimum winter temperatures. But with our warming climate many parts of our state have moved to higher ...

Freezing weather may make it hard to believe, but many Chicago-area gardeners — and their plants — are now living in a slightly warmer world, according to a new version of the USDA’s plant hardiness ...

Farmers aren’t the only ones who start the day by checking the weather report. Backyard gardeners do it, too. We like to be warned if frosts or polar vortexes are headed our way. If all I grew were ...