The Big Backyard BioBlitz is happening this week. It's a project by the Nature Conservancy of Canada aimed at getting people ...

Cool-season plants can take the cold, even a moderate freeze, but what they can't take is heat. You've got to get those plants going in the cool weather before May.

As cool-season plants, pansies perform best when soil temperatures are between 45℉ and 65℉. They peak when airtime temperatures are mild—about 40℉ at night and 60℉ during the day.