Zone 7a planting calendar

What to plant in December: zone 7a

A rule-of-thumb starting point for zone 7a: last spring frost around April 15, first fall frost around October 25. Zones are set by winter lows, not frost dates, so two gardens in the same zone can be weeks apart. Measure your ZIP below for dates from your area's own 30-year record.

These are zone-average dates. Check an area-level frost estimate from thirty years of nearby weather history and this calendar retimes itself.

Typical last frost: April 15

Typical first frost: October 25

Winter lows: 0 to 5 °F

Zone 7a Almanac. What growers here actually recorded: sowing weeks, days to first pick, and yields.

Plan & order

Inventory and order seed2 sowings: Dec 24 and Dec 31
Sort what you already have, toss anything over 3 years old, and order early while varieties are in stock. Sowing again a few weeks later keeps the harvest coming instead of arriving all at once.

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