When I moved to the desert Southwest 27 years ago as a young bride, all I saw was a brown landscape, spiky cacti, landscapes covered in little bits of rock and very few trees. If you had told me that you could grow any kind of fruit tree…

This summer has found us staying close to home for the most part as my son, Kai, is recovering from hip surgery. June 2013 This is Kai's sixth hip surgery and he will be the first to tell you that it is not fun. The first part…

I don't think that my sister's chicken has ever seen a caterpillar that large before. Do you think she will eat it?  Or will the caterpillar emerge victorious? I'll let you know at the end of this post... Those of you who…

I realize that it is hard to think of doing anything in the garden, much less step outside with the heat wave that we have been experiencing in the Southwest. Southwest Garden in July The good news is that you can most likely wait…

You may remember that earlier this year, I was excited to try my hand at growing container corn. I learned about container corn when I was reading through Burpee's catalog.  They had a hybrid corn called, 'On Deck', which was specially…

Last week, I hinted at the garden video that I created for the folks at Troybilt as part of my paid partnership with the 'Saturday 6'. In the past, I have been in gardening videos, but I had a film crew who did all the filming and editing…

I hope you enjoyed the grand tour of my edible garden that I created in my side yard. Today, I would like to show what is happening in my original vegetable garden... As you can see, there is a lot growing in this area. Among the…

It may be awfully hot outside, but my garden is awash in brightly colored flowers from my single bougainvillea, Arizona yellow bells and 'Rio Bravo' sage, which shrug off the summer heat. Last year, we decided to create an edible garden…

If you like to grow tomatoes AND you live in the desert, then you know how important it is to shade your tomato plants during the summer months. Most vegetable gardeners haul out 50% shade cloth, which does a great job at shading tomatoes…