Finding average "Frost/Freeze" dates for your area

[virginiadear]

We're all gearing up for this season's or this year's plantings, and I've noticed that several folks have asked questions to which answers include "after danger of frost has passed" or "X weeks before last frost," depending

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[atara]

There's also a thing called phenology, which is the "study of the timing of recurring biological phenomena and their relationship to the weather."

We have a "last frost" date here of May 25, but it varies all over depending on whether we're having a cold or warm spring. I've found that watching when things bloom (like on this chart) can give me a better idea of when to plant things when the weather is being silly. :)

[virginiadear]

This is just too fantastiscally cool!

Love it!
It makes tremendous sense. I have watched for how fat the woodchucks and squirrels are toward the end of summer (to foretell the harshness of the coming winter) and when the geese head south (or, for spring, north) and figured there must be a great many more clues I've been missing.
So now I have more pieces in the puzzle!

Thanks for posting! :^D

[homebrewgirl]

That's really cool (and makes me glad I have daffodils, lilac and lily of the valley in my yard...).

Thanks!

[giveitfullheart]

I know this post is old but I was looking through the tags before I asked exactly what this entry addresses :) Anyway, I just wanted to say THANK YOU to both of you! Such good resources!

[rhodielady_47]

I remember the Mother Earth News Magazine from the early 70's. I was reading them from the get-go when the other girls were still playing with their dolls.
:)