Gardening

JDPriestly

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10. I'm in Los Angeles and thinking about starting seeds in the house very soon.

Mon Oct 15, 2012, 04:45 PM

Oct 2012

We will get cold weather in December, January and February. It will start to get cold in November and that is the ideal time to start my lettuce, herbs and spinach. It will be too hot for them maybe in July or August. I plant or repot tomatoes and squash and hot weather veggies (and herbs like mint) in time to be mature in the summer months.

Many years, we do not see freezing weather. So our "cold" may not seem that cold in other parts of the US.

Our problem is the extreme heat on some summer days and the drought, the annual drought and the ongoing drought in recent years.

We got maybe 3/4 of an inch rain recently and it was cause for celebration.

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The heat, my God, the heat. How do you folks in the South stand this year after year? [View all] Denninmi Jul 2012 OP

I moved 1200 miles north to escape the heat, LWolf Jul 2012 #1

Maybe here? elleng Jul 2012 #2

It's called air conditioning. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #3

We were in the U.P. last week and it hit 94 degrees in the Porcupine Mountains Kolesar Jul 2012 #4

I live in Austin. I have a garden every year. Javaman Jul 2012 #5

I'm not standing it. It's been around 100 degrees here for two months sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #6

I live in Houston and I garden every day, sometimes up to 6 hours a day or more.... flying_wahini Jul 2012 #7

yes..it's in the timing drthais Oct 2012 #8

Wow, my post was prophetic. Denninmi Oct 2012 #9

I'm in Los Angeles and thinking about starting seeds in the house very soon. JDPriestly Oct 2012 #10