Use your actual soil, forecast and elevation to set November priorities. Finish essential tasks, protect equipment and keep the garden ready for changing weather.
Colorado Fall Garden Checklist for October 2026
A practical October checklist for Denver and Front Range gardens, with adjustments for Colorado’s mountains, plains, Western Slope and south.
Gardening Tips for September
September is the Front Range gardener’s pivot month: keep harvesting and watering through warm days while preparing plants, soil, and irrigation for the abrupt arrival of frost. Denver’s average first fall frost is often in the first week of October, but elevation and...
Gardening Tips: Colorado Harvesting Garlic
Harvesting Garlic Garlic harvest season is one of the most satisfying moments in the garden digging up those fat, fragrant bulbs feels like striking gold. But timing and technique make all the difference between a long-storing harvest and a short-lived one. The key...
The Garden Wise Guy’s 12 July Garden Tips
July is when Colorado gardens either thrive…or start sending distress signals. The days are long, the sun is intense, and gardeners have one tendency this month: we panic and start doing too much. Remember, July is all about maintenance, observation, and watering...
June Gardening Tips for Colorado Gardens
June Gardening Tips for Colorado Gardens Garden Wise Guy – Denver Edition June is when Colorado gardens officially wake up and take off. Warm days, cool nights, intense sunshine, afternoon hailstorms, drying winds, and unpredictable rain all combine to make Front...






