November is the Deep South’s best-kept planting secret. With the first fall frost still weeks away across most of Louisiana, this is prime time to fill…

By May, Louisiana gardens have already left frost behind. The state’s frost window closes somewhere between January 18 and February 8 depending on…

March in Louisiana lands well past the state’s average last frost window of January 18 to February 8, so this is a working month, not a waiting month.

June in Louisiana isn’t a frost question at all, it’s a heat question. With the last spring freeze already months behind (mid-January through early…

July in Louisiana is a heat month, not a frost month. Direct-sow okra, southern peas, sweet potato slips and heat-tolerant beans now, and use the shade…

January in Louisiana means garlic and shallot sets still going into workable ground, hardy greens holding on in the garden, and satsumas and navel…

February in Louisiana splits into two different gardens depending on where you stand.

December in Louisiana sits inside the state’s own frost arrival window, not ahead of it, so this is not a month to wait out.

August in Louisiana means one thing above all else: heat, not frost, decides what goes in the ground.

By April, Louisiana has already left frost behind by a wide margin. NOAA climate data puts the state’s last spring freeze window between January 18 and…