Britesea - Living the good life in rural Oregon

[Mini Horses]

I just know that here we rarely have truly frozen ground depth. haven't checked beyond that. I think you should give it a shot!

 

[flowerbug]

use one of those south facing bins you mention.

our frost depth here is two feet. most winters it will not get that deep of a freeze. if there is snow cover that really helps insulate the ground and makes it much nicer for the garden plants if they don't have to contend with the frost heaving. this year i don't have many transplants to worry about, but after some winters i can find plants just laying on the surface after they've been frost heaved out of the ground.

 

[Mini Horses]

So curiosity got me......all of VA and South into GA, etc, only 6 inches. That varies with weather, exact location, ground type, etc. I cannot remember having ground freeze more than an inch. And that only maybe once or twice. I'm sure the water has a lot to do with our warmer soil. Now I can rest on that issue.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Frost goes 6' deep here.
https://www.hammerpedia.com/frost-line-map/

 

[tortoise]

Y'all got me curious! I had to look it up! 70" in my region. More than I expected!

 

[baymule]

Our frost depth is surface, gone by mid day.

 

[flowerbug]

yes, there's quite a difference in frost depth, note that two feet would be the average... when i was living up north that was like you all are talking about, much more and even then it would go deeper some years.

 

[Mini Horses]

Where you live is a dramatic factor for gardening -- and raising livestock! -- with what works or not. I cannot imagine living where ground is frozen a foot or two, or three

That's why my old butt stays more South. 😁

 

[FarmerJamie]

Now I got curious, too. Here the average depth is up to 20 inches, but the "official" depth goes up to 48 inches.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

What is this frost depth of which you speak? We don't got no stinkin' frost depth. (and I'm glad!)