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An Old-Fashioned Watering Method Becomes ‘Hip’ Again…

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 […]

AZ Plant Lady’s October Garden To-Do List…

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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What Is Growing In My Vegetable Garden…

Earlier this week, I shared with you the four vegetables that I am growing for the first time this year.  I will be sure to share with you how they do as the season progresses. In addition to my experimenting with new vegetables, I am also growing some favorite cool-season vegetables… My favorite cool-season vegetable […]

Fall Decorating Via The Produce Aisle…

Have you decorated your home for the fall holidays yet?  I decided to do a little something different for this fall.  Instead of spending a lot of money on fake pumpkins and other decorations that I would later need to find storage space for – I went a more ‘natural’ route with a little help […]

Experimenting in the Vegetable Garden

The past two weekends have been busy ones in my household, or should I say, gardens. The beginning of October signals great planting weather for all types of plants and vegetables.  As a result, I have been busy planting cool season vegetables in my edible gardens as well as sprucing up my container plantings. Introducing […]

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Create A Fall Centerpiece From The Produce Aisle

Is you home decorated for fall yet? I am still working on getting my house ready for the fall holidays.   Normally, I am content to buy a single pumpkin and set it in the middle of my dining room table.  But, after seeing my mother’s beautiful fall centerpiece (above), I decided to try to do […]

AZ Plant Lady House Call: Citrus, Herbs, Sun and Bare Walls

Oftentimes when I am called to help a homeowner with their landscape, they pose a problem and/or a question about a certain area in their landscape. I will share a few with, you now and then, in the hopes that I can help those of you who may have a similar situation. Okay, let’s first […]

What’s Wrong With This Landscape: The Answer

Welcome to the second edition of “AZ Plant Lady Drive By: What’s Wrong With My Landscape”. Where you able to figure out what was wrong with the landscape, below? I got some great answers and they were all right, BUT only one person noticed one problem that others hadn’t. Here are a few of the […]

AZ Plant Lady Drive By: What’s Wrong With This Landscape?

A few weeks ago, I introduced a new feature called “AZ Plant Lady Drive By”, where I show a photo of a landscape that I have driven by that has something wrong. My goal is to help you avoid making the same mistake in your own landscape. The response to my last one was overwhelming, […]