The city of Phoenix , Arizona is place in the low desert region of the state . The mood is modest , with January being the cold calendar month , though temperatures seldom dip below freezing . In the summer months , however , temperature sailplane to 110 degrees F and higher . This temperate climate makes for an lengthened growing season , allowing you to develop vegetables almost year - round .
Spring
Plant Cynara scolymus , Asparagus officinales , and broccoli transplants too soon in February . Add Swiss chard , collard greens and leaf lettuces , as well as onion , spinach and turnips to your garden .
Near the end of February and into early March , plant life melons , squash , peppers and tomatoes . Snap beans , corn and cucumber seed should go into the land as well .
In April , plant summertime squashes , such as zucchini and jaundiced squash , as well as carrots and radishes .
Come May , the temperatures are starting to climb . Plant seeds for okra , melons and contraband - eyed pea .
Summer
In June , nurse the works that are producing through the heat and fix your garden for summer by set up sunshades to protect your summertime seedlings .
Plant semen for winter squash racquets , such as autumn pumpkin and butternut in July . Both angelical and hot peppers transplanting should go into the garden as well , but furnish nicety for the young flora .
At the end of August , germ for eggplant , melon , shoot attic and Brassica oleracea italica .
Fall
September is a busy calendar month in the garden as you train for your wintertime crops . Add fresh compost to any areas where the plants have been cut back .
plant life seeds for leafy greens , cucumber and eggplant in late September and again in October . This allow for you to take vantage of the still - strong weather of former November ; you may continue to harvest vegetables into December and January by planting the seeds in serial plantings .
In November and December , seed for beet , carrots , collard Green and Citrullus vulgaris . add up Brassica oleracea italica seeds and transplants to harvest in early spring , before the temperatures begin to arise .
Successive Planting
Take advantage of successive planting during the long uprise time of year . If you plant seedlings or transplants , also add seeded player to the garden . When you are harvest vegetables from the original seedlings or transplants , the yield of the seed plants will still be in the growing microscope stage . You will , in effect , have multiple harvest .
