You don't even have to test the soil temperature yourself. There are several farming websites that produce a soil temperature map every week or so. Just google "Alabama soil temperature map". I found one on an ALFA website that's currently showing most of Alabama in the mid 50s. While it may not be exact, it should be close enough for your purposes.


"When there was no fowl, we ate crawdad, when there was no crawdad, we ate sand."

"YOU ATE SAND!" - Raising Arizona