Abstract
Idaho's diverse climate makes it a challenging place to grow vegetables, so if you're planning to start a vegetable garden this spring, this planting guide is for you. It provides basic, crucial information so that you can set up your garden properly, including how to identify your hardiness zone, growing-season length and number of frost-free days factors that will improve your selection of adapted cultivars. A handy chart provides at a glance planting date ranges for cool-season and warm-season crops.