Questions for Northerners by Southerners or vice-versa in the USA?

[SC Minnie]

Southeners: Sorry if this was asked before, I didn't scroll through 17 pages on this......

If you grow vegetables, does a plant basically stay indefinitely and you just cut back areas? I am in the north. Coming up soon, my vegetables will stop producing the new veg, but the vegetables that have already started growing will continue until ripe for picking. Then come probably Sept once I get all the vegetables off it, I will pull out the plant and discard it. Plant new ones next year.

Do you have the same vegetable plant for years? Or are they all just about a 6-month use?

We always had a large garden every year growing up (I hated tending to the garden, weeding, and picking). The plants die at the end of their cycle like annuals. They have to be replanted every year from plants (seedlings) or seeds depending on the plant.

 

[TiggerTrigger]

As someone who has lived in the south now for decades, I find humor in the thought that "summer ends." It will probably be summer here until at least early November and here I am trying on a pair of fall/winter dressy boots to see if they now fit after weight loss. The good news...YES, they fit! The bad news...I probably have another 3-4 months before we get enough of a cool snap that I can wear them and not sweat like crazy.

 

[barkley]

As a northerner, I'm starting to feel that little but of coolness creeping into the air, noticing one or two species of tree changing just a bit, etc. - It feels like fall is coming.

i'm in the north as well. we are starting up another of our regional heat waves but i've noticed that this year the plants are starting to change colors much earlier. I'm wondering if we will have a snowy halloween this year.