Mountain West Garden Guide
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Beat the Frost Cheat Sheet

This is my one-page guide to finding your own last frost date, then using it to determine when to start seeds, sow them directly into the ground, transplant seedlings outside, and when to wait.

  • Find the last frost date for your own garden, not just your city
  • Count from your frost date so that six weeks before translates to a specific day on your calendar
  • One quick page so you can use a simple reference by your back door
Bright red berries on bare branches under fresh snow
Lavender in bloom

Your Hardiness Zone and Your Frost Date are Different Things

Your hardiness zone tells you how cold your winters get. But it can’t tell you when to plant your tomatoes! Only your last frost date can do that.

If the cheat sheet still isn’t doing it for you, my Planting Calendar has done all the math for specific areas for thirty different crops.