Zone 9 Gardening

Gardening in Zone 9 allows for year round gardening. The winters here are mild, the spring and fall offer a wide range of growing options and in the summer tropical fruits and vegetables can be grown. Zone9Garden.com is your one stop for all things gardening in USDA Hardiness Zone 9.

Guides

Zone9Garden.com provides helpful planting guides for all seasons. Check out our Spring Planting Guide to help plan the up coming season!

Forum

We have just opened our new Zone 9 Gardening Forum! Please check it out and sign up! We look forward to this forum being a great exchange of knowledge!

Zone 9 Vegetable Garden Blog

Zone9Garden.com’s vegetable garden blog provides informaion about gardening in Zone 9 as well as follows Dan’s garden progress. Sucesses and failures will both be shared!

Time for Spring Prep

It is that time of year when planning for a spring garden. The weather is still a little bit cool for planting out side, but the earlier the planning starts the more successful the garden will be!


Warm Winter Affects Zone 9 Gardens

Many gardeners in Zone 9 wait for winter to grow some cool weather vegetables. This winter, many gardeners planted their cool weather crops anticipating a cool down that has yet to arrive!


Fresh Peas – A Winter Staple

In Zone 9 the winter is here, and with that comes a few winter crops. Peas are one of the most popular, and also one of the easiest to grow. There are many types of peas, but this guide will concentrate on shelling peas!


Pepper Corking – What is it?

This time of year in Zone 9 peppers are one of the most popular and most prolific crops. Many growers run into what is known as Pepper Corking and incorrectly think there are problems and often give up on the pepper plant.