Marilyn, when I put my zip code in, it gives me the dates for Westfield NY, which is 30 minutes away, but on the lake plain and therefore in a different zone than I am in. They are zone 6 because of the modifying effect of Lake Erie. I am zone 5a because I am inland and on a hill at 1800 feet. My daughter who lives 3 miles from me is in a valley and gets later and earlier frosts than we do. I like the idea of the Garden Planting Calendar, but you need to know your area and the way the zones fall. Being near water or at a different altitude changes everything. Our house is at a higher altitude than some of our crop land and there are times when the lower fields will get frosted while we get nothing in the yard.
