My “To-Do” list this week includes Planning my garden. In years past I did not plan this early  and certainly had lots of produce. At that time I planted twice in a season:  cool season varieties and warm season varieties. Generally-speaking, cool season varieties go in during late spring before the average last frost date.…

Due to climate warming trends, the USDA just updated U.S. garden hardiness zones. You can find the new information here: http://planthardiness.ars.usda.gov/PHZMWeb/ Your hardiness zone determines which perennials will survive the winter and which annual vegetables and flowers should thrive. From what I can tell on the map, we have moved from zone 4B to zone…