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Intelligent-Hunt7557 t1_j8dzfo5 wrote

According to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map Burlington is all about the 5a, like most of Champlain-adjacent Vermont. Caveat(s): this is 2012 info and may not reflect weather weirding and global warming quite well.

Direct seeding: carrots, greens, radishes, et al, “as soon as the ground can be worked”- so starting in April…

Transplants: Generally when folks I knew gardened in Burlington (‘05-‘13) if they transplanted starts (tomatoes, peppers et al) before Memorial Day, regretted it. Honestly even the first or second week of June is fine, stuff will catch up to May-planted stuff pretty quickly. Other parts of Vermont have a later Date of Last Frost but B-town is sittin’ pretty…

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JMChaseArt OP t1_j8e2dlx wrote

I did see the Memorial Day general rule of thumb. We’ve been having some freak late frosts here too, despite insanely warm winters lately so it makes sense to err on the side of caution with anything not tolerant of frost 🤔

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