Find your Local Extension Office

The Cooperative Extension System is sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture in collaboration with land-grant universities and state and local governments. Its mission is to provide research-based information to the public on subjects relating to agriculture and food, home, family, the environment, community economic development and youth. The 4-H Club is under its auspices, as well as the Master Gardener Program, which trains volunteers to be horticultural educators in their communities. Need information about organic agriculture? Your local extension office can help you with that. Food safety?  Yup, they’ve got that. Animal reproduction? Uh-huh. It’s kind of overwhelming what all it covers.

So, what can your local extension office do for you?

Well, if you’re a novice gardener or even a not-so-novice gardener, there are many things you can dial up your local extension office for help with. And you’re paying for it with your tax dollars, so you should.

​Find out your USDA Hardiness Zone.  ​

Once you found your Last Frost Date, Enter it into the downloadable spreadsheet to reveal your crop sow dates.