Yesterday, we worked on getting the holes ready for our new English roses. Now the kids and I are so excited that we are almost ready to plant them. Here are the soil amendments that I purchased – Bone Meal, Compost, Blood Meal and Organic Rose Fertilizer (the blood meal and fertilizer are to be […]
They are here!!! I was oh so patiently waiting for my English roses to arrive from Heirloom Roses. I had ordered three different English roses a few weeks ago as it has been too long since I have had roses in my garden. You can read more about that here if you like – “I […]
January is the slowest time of the year for blooms in the desert. However, due to our year-round growing climate, there are still a lot of flowers to see… Bower Vine (Pandorea jasminoides) My Valentine shrub (Eremophila maculata ‘Valentine’) is in full bloom. One of my Mexican Bird-of-Paradise trees (Caesalpinia mexicana), happily blooming away… Radiation […]
Working on golf courses provided me with many opportunities to interact with our native wildlife. Now, most of my interactions were welcome – roadrunners, jackrabbits, even baby raccoons. Some encounters were unexpected – snakes, tarantulas and coyotes. But there was one animal with which I waged a constant battle…the Javelina, also know as the Wild […]
Community Center landscape which I was honored to have designed along with renown landscape architect, Carl Johnson. This past weekend, I participated in a landscape discussion panel as part of a “Living Green in the Desert” seminar. Attendees were able to submit their questions ahead of time as well as ask their questions directly to […]
The newest addition to Double S Farms is rapidly coming together in preparation for their newest residents…..chickens. Little Farmers #1 & 2 are having fun as the chicken coop is being built. Little Farmer #2 loves to play in the dirt….can you tell? Newest addition, The chicken coop is being put together by Farmer #1, […]
During a visit to a park, I came upon a beautiful little garden that rests on top of 2.2 million tons of trash. This small succulent garden is but a very small part of the park which rests upon a recently closed landfill. Newly planted cacti, aloe and agave. Ocotillo stand in the background. In […]
Isn’t there something just so wonderful when you see little seedlings start to sprout? It makes me feel like it is springtime even though it is still the middle of winter when I see the tiny green leaves begin to break out from the soil. The broccoli sprouted in less then a week. Many types […]
To be honest, I have never wondered why before, until I met a desert tortoise who wanted to cross a road. Desert Tortoise, Stock Photo My encounter with a desert tortoise occurred while I was on my way home in the late afternoon and I was traveling from a rather isolated community in the desert. I had […]
One of the most interesting things I encountered when I first moved to Arizona was driving down a residential street and seeing front yards full of 3 inches of water. Imagine my surprise when I learned that this was done on purpose to water the front and backyard. Desert dwellers do like to do things […]
