Hardiness Zones 101 The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map consists of 13 individual zones that take in all of the contiguous United States, plus Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The first zone lies at ...

Zones 1-6 are the coldest, and 7-13 the warmest. Zone 1 averages -60 degrees F while zone 13 never drops below 70 degrees F.

The health benefits of avocados are numerous, and there is no need to be afraid of the fat, writes Rainer Hoenicke, a UC ...

Fort Collins might finally be past our "false spring" stage, but that doesn't mean it's safe to plant vegetables or ...