Local climate
- USDA hardiness zone
- 8a (10°F to 15°F)
- Typical temperature range
- Average monthly temperatures around Prosperity run from a 36°F low in January to a 91°F high in July.
- Terrain
- Prosperity sits at about 522 feet in the Piedmont, with Lake Murray just to the south. Dreher Island State Park and its twelve miles of shoreline carry a Prosperity address.
- Growing challenge
- This is Piedmont clay on ground that slopes toward the lake. Clay drains slowly and holds pH stubbornly, and on a slope that combination sends water and fertiliser downhill rather than into the root zone.




