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The first thing that attracted me to the Emu Bush was the name. How can you not like a plant with the name EMU? Continue reading →
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Container gardening in the desert presents unique challenges and opportunities due to the arid climate and extreme temperatures. Continue reading →
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Have you ever wondered what the long, Latin(ish), unpronounceable names are that you see on every label of a plant? Are they important? What do they mean? Here’s the short story on a somewhat long explanation. Let’s first take a look at the two names that are associated with every plant out there (yes, every single plant on the planet has a unique botanical name). Botanical names are usually made up of two words. The first word (always capitalized) is…
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Welcome the first post post for the A to Z Blogging Challenge! I am excited to be writing about desert gardening throughout the month of April. You will find that I will be mixing things up a bit with not just posts about gardening, but you will find artwork and photography as well. I am a professional dabbler in a variety of art forms so get ready for fun this month. Apples Today is dedicated to the letter ‘A’ and…
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Am I a master gardener yet? I’m working on it! I completed the classroom portion of the program and am now an intern volunteering at the demonstration gardens in Tucson. The specific garden I’m working in is called Small Spaces which has smaller sub-gardens showing what can be done in a small space. What I find interesting is that even if you have a large space the small spaces garden demonstrates ways to plan your own landscape no matter how…
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April is almost here, and for those of you who follow my blog you know what that means — Blogging A to Z is here! I am excited to share with you what my theme for this year will be. DESERT GARDENING (and other artsy things related to gardens) Why gardening? At the end of 2023 I spent 16 weeks studying to become a master gardener here in Pima County, Arizona and I want to share with you the many…
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There’s a really good reason I have failed miserably to keep you all up to date on my progress through the Master Gardener program. There is just too much information to compact it into a blog post! It is incredible what we have been learning. (I will admit some of it goes way over my head, and I hope that once I enter the year long internship program, a lot of this will start to make sense.) So, what have…
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Week One – Introduction and Tour About 6 months ago I learned that the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension provides a Master Gardener training program. To be honest, I had never heard of this and was curious about it (check out their website HERE). The extension program is robust and provides information on a vast array of subjects like, 4-H, food preservation, forest health, financial literacy, master gardener, and so much more. I actually found out about the master gardener…
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