One of the things that I love about living in the Southwest, is the monsoon season that arrives every summer. Sporadic, often violent storms come and dump a lot of rain in a short amount of time. To deal with the large amount of water,…

Do you have a special place that you spend your vacation every year? Our family is very blessed to have a special place to visit every summer. Now, when I say 'family' - I mean my mother, sisters, brother and their families as well. …

First of all, let me begin by saying that I love green onions. I plant the seeds in my vegetable garden in fall and they are ready for me to harvest in May. Freshly-harvested onions on the right (Garlic is on the left). I…

I must confess that the heat of July keeps me indoors most of the time. In fact, I try to make my trips out to my garden under 15 minutes or less.  I just don't like to sweat. But, I do have two things that I have to share with you. The…

After living in the Desert Southwest for 26 years not, I should be used to this by now... A beautiful afternoon sky that is soon to be overtaken by... DUST! The monsoon season (rainy season) is officially upon us.  While…

A couple of weeks ago, we all traveled up to the quaint town of Prescott, AZ.  One of the best things that I like about going there is that they have some very good antique shops. To be honest, I hadn't planned on buying anything. …

Do you ever feel the need to 'escape' for the weekend? I do.  Especially when summer arrives.   The hot summer temperatures do not really bother me much because it seldom gets humid where I live - however, I'm a wimp when it…

Summer is officially here.  To be honest, I think it is funny that summer 'starts' on June 20th when we have already had temperatures above 100 degrees for weeks. It may be hot, but my vegetable garden is thriving.  Here is…

Have you ever noticed that not all treasures (and by 'treasures', I mean vegetables) in your vegetable garden are obvious? Cucumber Plant A particularly sneaky vegetable are cucumbers. You can look at a beautiful cucumber plant…