Terry Skillin, president and owner of Skillin's Greenhouses in Brunswick, Cumberland and Falmouth, has begun to notice that local gardeners are having greater success growing more southern ...

Heat domes, atmospheric rivers, bomb cyclones, and polar vortex—you’re not crazy, the weather is. And last week, the USDA confirmed it by releasing an updated climate zone map for 2023. For ...

The data, reflected in the updated Plant Hardiness Zone Map in November, helps gardeners, farmers, insurers and other officials decide what to plant, how much to charge farmers for crop insurance ...

The new map reflects that many areas have become warmer since 1990, when the previous USDA hardiness zone map was published. Significant portions of many states have shifted a least one full zone ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has updated its Plant Hardiness Zone Map — the first revision since 2012. It shows that Massachusetts is getting warmer, leading to more options for ...

Ypsilanti-based nonprofit Growing Hope at 922 West Michigan Ave. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Sophia Kalakailo ...