It’s time to plan for fall planting of drought-tolerant bushes and trees. Desert Mimosa, Yellow Bird of Paradise, Desert Willows, Catsclaw, Mesquite, Palo Verde, Arizona Cypress …
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When we had practically no rain for a couple of years, the desert mimosas fared extremely well. I...
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My garden on June 5, 2022. The best part about permaculture is that once established, many plants turn into weeds and instead of planting seeds, you just pull or cut what you don’t want.
Read MoreA neighbor came by for some salad and gave me this lovely drawing.
Read MoreAfter a cold and windy spring, we just had the first couple WARM days. I love watching and listening to the insects pollinating the fruit trees. So many insects pollinated the plum tree:...
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When to prune fruit trees in the high desert? Light pruning in summer is ok.
Read MoreSomeone recommended Misfits Market in a local FaceBook group and of course, I was excited to find another option to get organic produce for our very remote desert town. https://www.misfitsmarket.com/ Unfortunately, they’re...
Read MoreWe overwintered several of the Peacevine tomatoes growing in hydro tubs in the winter greenhouse. SUCCESS! They made it without any supplemental heating, being 6 ft in the ground (walapini) kept the winter greenhouse from...
Read MoreLast spring we finally got the little pond set up and today my helper transplanted a bunch of Mormon Tea from the bottom of our rock pile where they were about to be covered by rocks and caliche. Next we’ll transplant some...
Read MoreI have a visitor very much into mushrooms and we’re definitely going to grow several varieties. Unfortunately, our high desert dry hot / cold climate is not at all suitable for portobello mushrooms, love those as meat...
Read MoreI’m hoping to finally catch up on the gazillion things to do and start posting all the cool stuff we’ve been doing. But first an inspiring article and video about Milford “Pete” Nodlinski, the 99-year-old farmer in...
Read MoreLately just about EVERYBODY tells me how I need to get up at sunrise and work outside until it’s too hot. And I refuse to do so because I don’t need more injuries, don’t need to be miserable all day and it...
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