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We tried to plant a garden last year, and it didn't work!

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When we moved down here to Alabama, we had no idea what the new climate would be like. As it turned out we can't plant in the summer time because its so hot no plants will grow. This surprised us.

Its zones 9a and 9b where we are at.

So we planted in the winter instead and our plants have been growing just fine! Go figure. :rolleyes: We have actually received a bumper crop this past winter and have eaten nearly everything we have grown. I guess we have learned that being in a climate that gets as hot and humid as ours does, we have to always plant in the winter to avoid the really harsh heats that will kill all of our plants.

I mean, this has never happened to us anywhere we have lived. Its like we have to garden in reverse just to get anything. Does gardening in the winter sound strange to you? Because it does to me.
 

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I moved from the south to the north and had to say goodbye to some of my beloved flowering trees, because the climate here was too harsh for them. But I haven't lived as far south as southern Alabama.

I'm glad you've had a prosperous winter growing season. For the months to come, it seems like there must be plants that thrive on hot, humid weather. What kinds of fruits and vegetables are in the farm markets around you, or what kinds of vegetables do your native-Alabaman neighbors plant in the summer? Maybe the Alabama summer crops just have to be different ones than up north.
 
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Florida is similar too and you're able to grow year round if you stick to things that do well in the summer heat. If you look on YouTube and search for homesteaders in Alabama and may find a few you like. They'll give you tips on what to grow and when.

~bella
 
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When we moved down here to Alabama, we had no idea what the new climate would be like. As it turned out we can't plant in the summer time because its so hot no plants will grow. This surprised us.

Its zones 9a and 9b where we are at.

So we planted in the winter instead and our plants have been growing just fine! Go figure. :rolleyes: We have actually received a bumper crop this past winter and have eaten nearly everything we have grown. I guess we have learned that being in a climate that gets as hot and humid as ours does, we have to always plant in the winter to avoid the really harsh heats that will kill all of our plants.

I mean, this has never happened to us anywhere we have lived. Its like we have to garden in reverse just to get anything. Does gardening in the winter sound strange to you? Because it does to me.
The Alabama Extension Service might have some guides on planting times and such for various plants. When people say garden, I assume vegetable garden, since that's what we called them, but extension services sometimes cover ornamentals as well.

Sometimes, though, the extension service material misses it, or overlooks other issues. They used to say every farm was an agricultural experimental station, and keeping notes helps.

In general, in the South, winter is another growing season, just the crops change.
 
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