Hi Linda,
I'm over just south of Atlanta and I believe I'm Zone 8 but not sure what works for me will work for you. I'm fairly new to the area (3 yrs) but I can tell you what I've tried.
So far I have my broccoli seeds planted and under lights. I will be doing more this weekend and also cabbage and cauliflower. Cauliflower is iffy, it doesn't like the heat at all so it may not get in early enough no matter how hard I try. The weather often goes from freezing to HOT!
I will plant potatoes, beets and carrots outside mid to late February, weather permitting. Last year we had too much rain for me to be able to access the garden so they got planted out later. I have also put lettuce seedlings out under plastic tunnel in early March. We had to keep an eye on it because of the cold but we had beautiful lettuce that spring.
I usually have started tomatoes and peppers inside by now but this year I am waiting because I don't see any benefit of starting them this early. I will wait until mid Feb. Same with eggplant.
That's what I've done, for what it's worth. Good luck with your gardening!
