One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Eau Claire should be used to determine when you can plant garden orache.

Planting Calendar for Garden Orache

Frost tolerance for garden orache:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Garden Orache do well in moderate cold which means that you can get them planted earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant garden orache in Eau Claire is March. However, you really should wait until April if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant garden orache and expect a good harvest is probably August. If you wait any later than that and your garden orache may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your garden orache indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on May 15 in Eau Claire. You can expect an average low temperature of -25°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Eau Claire is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Eau Claire you get surprised by a frost after May 15 so be sure to be ready to cover your garden orache in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Eau Claire

Here is the info for USDA Zone 4b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	May 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	September 15
Lowest Expected Low	-25°F
Highest Expected Low	-20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -20°F.

Plants to Grow in Eau Claire

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