Are you wondering when it is safe to plant seeds outdoors in the South? We live in Northwest Georgia and the weather here can fool you sometimes. So let’s get a few things clear if you’re a transplant to the South or are a Southerner who hasn’t gardened before or paid much attention to how the weather works.
January: the month in the South that’s the sloppiest, wettest and coldest month of the year. It drags on forever until you think you must hop a plane somewhere tropical fast… before you die of a frigid gray overdose.
February: that month in the south where the sun comes out and you start to see temps in the 60s to 70s! You get excited because it feels like spring is here! The birds are chirping, the bugs are out, a random flower is sprouting in your yard. Must be time to plant a garden. You gather your seeds. “Yes, I’ll just plant a few outdoors,” you say… “Oh it’s so pretty… why not the whole garden…”
STOP … don’t do it…
As sure as you do there will be frost, snow, and/or freezing rain by mid March that’ll kill everything.
Northern transplants… don’t be fooled by February.
(Brought to you by a thrilled native Southerner looking forward to today’s 68 degree forecast and another day digging in the garden.)
