Winter and Early Spring Garden Activities As we wait for our gardens to wake up and come into new growth and bloom, there are a host of garden-related activities that can give us inspiration for the new season. Here are some to consider. 1. Winter Watering - The Santa Fe Ski Basin is getting some snow this winter, but down here at 7,000 ft elevation here in town and the surrounding areas, we need to continue to water our gardens and recent transplants once a month. Don't tur

Gardening to be done in January & February We are having another very dry winter. Given how dry the growing season was this past year, the soil is depleted of moisture, and winter watering is essential, especially for new plantings. Climate disruption is continuing to create a new gardening environment for us all. Here are my Top 5 Tasks I recommend you undertake this month. 1. Winter Watering - The Santa Fe Ski Basin is getting some snow this winter, but down here at 7,000

These next few weeks before Thanksgiving will be the end of this year's gardening season. Now is your last chance for essential tasks like fertilizing and watering. So be sure to deep irrigate your landscape and spread soil-building fertilizer like Yum Yum Mix. Time spent this month in the garden will pay off next spring with healthier, more robust plants. 1. Watering – Most parts of northern NM have been very dry. The monsoons were generally anemic this past summer, so the

Browsing animals and new spring transplants are a bad combination. Nothing is more annoying than going out the morning after the previous day’s labor of planting, only to find all your plants bitten off at the soil line. The lesson here is that it’s important to understand that deer and rabbit resistant plants need some initial protection from our hoofed neighbors after planting. Experience has shown me that deer and rabbit resistant plants generally don’t come that way from

Fall is Here and It's Time to be Out in the Garden Fall is a magical time in the garden. Now is the time to plant, to feed the soil and thicken up the mulch layer around your plants. And the mild weather is perfect for finishing all our gardening "to do" list and tuck in our gardens for winter. We had a wonderfully moist winter and spring, followed by a hot summer with sporadic monsoon rains. Predictions are calling for a moister fall and mild winter temperatures. Fall offici