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Hugh Metcalf

5 Gardening Jobs to do After Your Last Frost Date — and How to Find When Your Frost Risk is Over

A home with a small vegetable garden.

As the month marches on, it's starting to feel like spring is really just around the corner. That means I've got a growing impatience to get out into my yard and start to bring my outdoor space back to life for the new season.

However, many of the things I want to do in my modern garden come with a warning at this time of year — they're things I can only do after the "last frost date". It's a term that's pretty self-explanatory, but for beginner gardeners like myself (keen, but generally making it up as I go along), I hadn't stopped to think what this really means, and how I can find out when the last frost date is.

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