References

Gardening techniques and brochures from the NMSU College of Agriculture and Home Economics (CAHE)

SFMGA offers these links to documents of interest to gardeners. Each link is to a PDF-format document at the NMSU/CAHE publications website. Links are grouped by topic.

Garden Maintenance

• Tree Pruning Techniques
• Watering Your Lawn

Garden Pests

• Controlling Pocket Gophers in New Mexico
• Controlling Rock Squirrel Damage in New Mexico
• Controlling Skunks In New Mexico
• Coping with Deer in Suburban Gardens
• Organic Gardening–Natural Insecticides
• Rabbits and Their Control in New Mexico

Mulching and Composting

• Backyard Composting
• Mulches for Gardens and Landscapes
• A Sustainable Approach to Recycling Urban and Agricultural Organic Wastes
• Vermicomposting

Plants

• Fruit Trees for the Home Orchard: Varieties and Management
• Growing Roses
• Growing Zones, Recommended Crop Varieties, and Planting and Harvesting Information for Home Vegetable Gardens in New Mexico
• Home Vegetable Gardening in New Mexico
• Selecting Ornamental Trees for New Mexico
• Shade Trees for New Mexico
• Spices and Herbs for the Home Garden
• Turfgrasses for New Mexico

Water Conservation

• Safe Use of Household Greywater
• Landscape Water Conservation Principles of Xeriscape

Soil

• Soil Sample Information Sheet

Articles from the NM Office of the State Engineer

• The Enchanted Xeriscape
• Xeriscape 101
• Lean & Green
• Irrigation Basics
• A Waterwise Guide to Trees
• A Waterwise Guide to Rainwater Harvesting
• A Waterwise Guide to Rainwater Harvesting (Spanish version)
• The Complete How To Guide to Xeriscape
• Rainwater Harvesting, Supply from the Sky
• Low Volume Irrigation Design and Installation Guide
• Using Gray Water in New Mexico's Residential Landscapes
• Roof-Reliant Landscaping

You can access these files using:

• Adobe® Reader® or
• Foxit Reader on Windows or
• Preview on MaxOSX

Related information:
NMSU College of Agriculture and Home Economics