Zone 2b planting calendar

What to plant in November: zone 2b

Zone 2b averages its last spring frost around May 31 and its first fall frost around August 25. Everything below is timed from those two dates, so it stays useful whether you're planting for summer or for a fall harvest.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.
Last frost: May 31
First frost: August 25
Winter lows: -45 to -40 °F
Zone 2b Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

A quiet month in zone 2b

November is a rest-and-plan month here. Use it to order seed, test your soil, repair beds, and map next season's rotation, then jump ahead to December.

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