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Georgia Jet and Beauregard are a sure bet. I also tried some purple skinned and white-fleshed varieties from Sandhill Preservation. They have hundreds of varieties! I recommend black plastic to keep the soil warm, weeds suppressed, and to prevent the sweet potato vines from setting down roots...

One thing we've had problems with in the last few years with this warming climate, is our trees bloom too early, and then get hit by frost. Pears grow well here, but one year we had none because of this. This year, it happened again, although the frost was lighter and it is looking like we'll...

I used to be in zone 3. We are In a bit of a cold pocket here, and used to hit 40 below once per winter. We did not move south, but the warm weather seems to have moved north. 20 below is the lowest temperature we have seen in quite a few years. I put black plastic down on much of my garden...