So You are going to drop tie? Good idea. It is never safe to plant here. LOL the weather is like the state motto. Land of enchantment, And if You don't like the weather today-wait till tomorrow. Even here in the dead-sert, We have an ice cave in the lava flows that never thaws out to the west of Us. The lava flows to the south of Us are "The valley of fires" north of White sands. We have lava flows here in Alb. as well on the west messa and in the Isleta res. south of town. Can't grow any thing in them, They are black and sharp. This is the hardest place to grow baccy- But I'm all in.