October is prime planting time across most of New Mexico. Garlic and shallots go in the ground now, fast-maturing greens like spinach and arugula can…

Garlic and shallots go into New Mexico soil in November wherever the ground still works, cold frames carry hardy greens through the cold, and bare-root…

May lands well past the reference frost window for the Albuquerque station (March 31 to April 12), so most of New Mexico’s lower valleys are clear to…

March in New Mexico sits almost entirely before the state’s last frost window, so the honest answer is: plant cold-hardy greens, alliums and root crops…

June in New Mexico sits comfortably past the frost window, so this is peak planting time for warm-season crops.

July in New Mexico means direct-sowing heat-loving crops like beans, squash, cucumbers, and okra while the soil is warm and the calendar still leaves…

Open ground in New Mexico stays too cold and too unpredictable for direct planting in January across nearly the whole state.

February is not a planting month for most of New Mexico. The state’s last spring frost falls between March 31 and April 12 at the reference station, and…

December in New Mexico means the open garden is closed for the season across most of the state, but garlic and shallots can still go into workable…

August in New Mexico is a fall-planting month, not a summer wind-down. Soil is still hot, the monsoon is delivering moisture, and the state’s long…