Resources

USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map (our garden is in zone 5b)

UMass Amherst's Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment guide to Planting a Vegetable Garden and helpful guides on individual vegetables and other topics

Old Farmers Almanac planting and transplanting dates for various vegetables in our region, with links to more information about each vegetable

A list of interesting seed catalogs and local garden centers

• Fedco Seeds (located in Maine, good source of short season varieties.)

• Johnny's Seeds (located in Maine, good source  of short season varieties.)

• Kitazawa Seed Company (great source for Asian varieties.)

• Mount Williams Greenhouses (just down the road)

• Seed  Savers Exchange (Iowa. great source for heirloom varieties.)

• Territorial Seeds (Oregon, very good catalog and check out the growing guides.)

• Whitney's Garden Center (outside Pittsfield.)

• Wild Oats Co-op (sells seeds and, in the spring and summer, seedlings.)

• Zema's Nursery (Stephentown, NY.)