I bet you never thought you would hear about an ‘Arctic Freeze’ in a blog about desert gardening, did you? Well, like most of the country, we have been suffering from extreme cold. Our cold weather is a result of Arctic air which has settled over much of the US. Now I realize that we […]
First of all, I would like to thank you all for bearing with me as I have taken a trip down memory lane recalling my adventures as a landscape designer. Your comments have been so much fun to read. Some of you may be wondering if I am still a landscape designer. Well the answer […]
Well, there I was….in my new job, working only as a landscape designer for a large home builder. My surroundings had definitely changed since I left my small and sometimes dirty maintenance office and traded it in for a beautiful office on the 14th floor in downtown Phoenix (you can read more in my “Part […]
Okay, some of you may be asking – when did you work as a landscape designer? I thought you were a horticulturist? Well the answer is, is that part of a horticulturist’s job involves landscape design. Actually, that was my favorite part of being a horticulturist and I was able to design everything from annual […]
When many people think of the Desert Southwest, the iconic Saguaro cactus comes to mind. I remember seeing my first saguaro, crossing over the California Arizona border. When I first saw them, it was hard to believe that they were real. They were so strange looking to my eyes. Throughout my career as a horticulturist, […]
I am almost ashamed to admit it, but I sometimes have trouble remembering what gifts I received a year ago for Christmas. Does that happen to you too? It’s not that I am not happy with the gifts……I am frequently amazed at the creativity and thoughtfulness of the giver. But sometimes all I can handle […]
Because I love plants and blogging, I am constantly taking pictures. As a result, I have quite a lot of photos to go through and it can be a week or two (okay sometimes a few months), before I get to them. Well, since it has been rather cold outside and I haven’t had to […]
The vegetables in my garden made it through very well, except for my tomatoes. I know, I know…..some of you experienced vegetable growers may be asking why I had tomatoes growing in my garden during the winter. Well, I decided to do an experiment – all vegetable growing calendars recommend planting tomatoes in early spring […]
Well, after the rather ugly photos of brown and crispy plants that I showed you in my previous post, I am excited to show you the plants that did very well during our severe cold spell when temperatures dipped into the 20’s for 4 nights in a row. Some are getting ready for the springtime […]
Many of you may be taking inventory of your garden after the extreme cold spell we just went through in the desert southwest. Temperatures dipped into the 20’s, which is quite cold for us desert dwellers. As a result, there are many plants that for lack of a better description, look brown and crispy….. Bougainvillea […]
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