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Planting time: Finding the right frost dates for your garden

by Kris Nesse, WSU Grant-Adams Master Gardener
| March 14, 2021 1:00 AM

Some of us are gardening gamblers. We start onions, cabbage and broccoli inside very early each new year. Peas are sprouted in damp newspaper to tuck into the garden mid-February. Is this wise? Well, it may not be as risky as it seems. Relying on average temperatures and soil temperature we can make informed decisions about planting times.

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