I love it when it rains.  Actually, most desert-dwellers welcome the rain.  Believe it or not...the rain is a welcome change to bright, sunny days.   The park near my home is starting to fill up with water - this…

I would like to show you a small farm that is located in the middle of the desert.  Actually, it is 5 minutes from my house and is the home of my mother, sister, brother-in-law and their sons. Some of you may recall some previous…

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…

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…

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…

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 -…

 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"…

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…

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…