May is the payoff month for Utah gardeners who waited out a cold spring. In the Salt Lake valley, the last spring frost typically falls between April 12…

In most of Utah, March is still weeks away from reliable planting weather. The last spring frost for the Salt Lake City area falls between April 12 and…

By June, Utah’s frost risk has passed in most valleys, but soil temperature and elevation still call the shots.

Direct answer: in Utah, July is deep summer work, not planting season for most spring crops.

January in Utah is dormant-season work, not open-ground planting. With last spring frost running April 12 to April 29 around Salt Lake and most of the…

Across most of Utah, February is a month spent working around the calendar rather than with it.

December in Utah means no direct-sowing and no outdoor transplanting almost anywhere in the state.

August in Utah sits in the gap between two frost dates: well clear of the last spring freeze and still weeks from the first fall one.

April is the frost window itself in most of Utah, not the start of it. In the Salt Lake area the last spring freeze can land anywhere from April 12 to…