Zoning Out

The gardens are looking good! A little wet again today, though we did a bit of weeding, and picked some squash bugs off the plants. Drake harvested a pepper, and Nate picked a tomato.

Today's lesson was about Hardiness Zones. Kansas City is in zone 6. The young gardeners learned about the first spring frost free date (May 4 here) and the fall first freeze date (Oct 18) and what that means for planting schedules. Then they learned how to use seed catalogs and planned gardens for next year.



Lala Kumar, horticulture specialist, was a guest speaker today. Lala has worked in several different countries - and several different hardiness zones. He talked about different climates, such as temperate (here) sub-tropical, tropical and arid. He discussed which fruits and vegetables grow in the different climates.