Rhode Island’s short, cool coastal season favors early and mid-season potato types over late ones, because the state’s frost window and its run of hot…

September in Rhode Island is fall-planting month: fast-maturing greens go straight into open beds, garlic beds get prepped for next month’s cloves, and…

October in Rhode Island sits right at the edge of the first fall frost window, so the answer depends on which week you’re standing in.

Direct answer: by November, most of Rhode Island has already crossed its average first fall frost, so the open garden is closing, not opening.

By May, Rhode Island’s reference frost window (April 7 to April 17) has usually closed, which means most of the state can move from cool-season crops to…

March in Rhode Island sits well before the last spring frost window of April 7 to April 17, so open ground is still off limits for anything tender.

By June, Rhode Island gardens are past the frost line entirely. The last spring frost at the reference station runs April 7 to April 17, so soil has had…

July in Rhode Island means the soil is warm, the frost risk is long gone, and the garden is at its most productive.

In Rhode Island’s zone 6a-7b, January sits deep inside the frost window that runs from the previous fall through early-to-mid April, so open ground…

Nothing goes into open ground across most of Rhode Island in February. Frost windows here run from April 7 to April 17 for the last spring freeze, so the…