I love Halloween… Every year, each household in our family takes turns hosting different holidays. Easter and Christmas are spent on the family farm with my youngest sister, her family and my mother. Fourth of July and Thanksgiving are spend at my other sister’s house. But, Halloween is all mine… We don’t do scary Halloween […]
In honor of Halloween, I thought that I would do a ‘scary’ post for all of you. Now, this post isn’t filled with ghouls, witches, skeletons or zombies. But that doesn’t make it any less scary. Over the years, I have photographed examples of truly horrific pruning, which are quite scary 😉 WARNING: The following […]
Southwest landscapes are suffering from a widespread malady that I like to refer to as ‘poodle-pruning’. Beautiful, flowering shrubs are reduced to round ‘blobs’ by over-zealous homeowners and landscapers. For those of you who have read my blog for a while, you probably know that over-pruning flowering shrubs is a huge pet peeve […]
Do you have a birdhouse in your garden? Is it decorative or do have there ever been birds taking up residence inside? This is a story about the birdhouses on the family farm, including one that has an unusual function. Double S Farms is five minutes down the road from our house and is where […]
Fall is here and nurseries are stocked with all sorts of cool-season annual flowers. So, my question to you is, what will you plant your annual flowers in this fall? Will you use a ‘regular’ container? Or, maybe you are the type who likes to do things a little differently? Maybe one of these unusual […]
What can you do with a sprig of basil, a teaspoon of peppercorns and a lemon? Hint: The answer doesn’t involve eating them. I can’t wait for you to see what I do with these 3 items as well as some other interesting combinations. I’ll post what wonderful things you can do with some simple, […]
Welcome to the second edition of “AZ Plant Lady House Calls. Earlier this month, I shared with you a landscape dilemma that a homeowner needed help with. I was able to help her find a solution that would introduce color and herbs to a sunny corner of her garden. Well, this same homeowner had another […]
This past weekend was a busy one in our household. Packed with a homecoming, a celebration, working with heavy equipment, a little bit of pruning, a night outdoors and a goodbye. At the end of all of our comings and goings, it turns out the weekend was all to brief… Homecoming: Our weekend began on […]
I posted a photo of the uniquely-shaped pottery that I came across at a local nursery, yesterday on facebook and asked you to guess what they were used for. This unglazed pottery was commonly used in arid regions long ago to store both food and water. They are called ollas. Ollas are making a comeback […]
October is my favorite month of the year in the garden. Summer is over and when I walk outdoors, I am greeted with delightful temperatures in the 80’s. I even had to wear a light sweater the other night when out walking the dogs with my husband 🙂 Planting shrubs in the parking lot of […]
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