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The almanac, state by state

Your yard, month by month, where you actually live.

The right Saturday to seed a lawn in Michigan is the wrong one in Georgia. Every page here starts from your state’s own frost dates and its extension service’s calendar, then tells you what to plant, what to do and what to watch for — this October, and the eleven other months.

Start with your state

All 63 states →

Frost dates, USDA zones, the lawn zone, and the year laid out month by month — from your state’s own numbers.

Who writes here

Five people, five parts of the country. Each page is signed by the one who knows that state’s season.

June H.

calendars · Michigan & the Upper Midwest

Marcus R.

heat and the South · Texas & the South

Dana W.

varieties · the Northeast

Ray O.

lawns and soil · Ohio & the Great Lakes

Elena M.

the dry West · the Mountain West

The almanac, state by state. Every date on this site comes from a state’s own frost facts and its extension service’s calendar — and says where it comes from.