December Garden Checklist 2022

Clean garden pots in preparation for seed starting in the spring
Test and amend your soil https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_a/A114/
Start using season extending tools https://extension.unr.edu/publication.aspx?PubID=2225
Remember to provide water for the birds
Give garden gifts – cuttings, tools, gloves, etc.

Source: Month-by-Month Gardening: Arizona, Nevada, & New Mexico Jacqueline A. Soule

For a beautiful, up close look at what happens in the dark of the compost heap, watch this 22 minute movie (beware, there are some squeamish bits):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=uw1LRu51Juc&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Courtesy of Wrought