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Volunteer Salad Garden
I have had a lot on my plate lately and it shows in my neglected garden. With spring breaking out, I thought I would go out and start preparing for planting. I was in for a happy surprise. I let last … Continue reading
Posted in Back Yard Farm, Kitchen Garden
Tagged Beets, Curly lettuce, Dry Gardening, Endive, Fenugreek, High Desert, High Desert Gardening, High Desert Living, Lettuce, Peas, Radicchio, Rain Gardens, Sustainable Garden Plant, Sustainable Gardening, Swiss Chard, Vegetable crops, Vegetable Gardening, Winter Garden
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Last Chance for Planting Bare Root Trees
Ok, so I have more jars of canned fruit than I can eat in a year. Does that mean I have enough fruit trees in my yard? Apparently not. There I was riding my tricycle home from my plumbing repair … Continue reading
March Planting List for Home Grown Vegetables – Town of Apple Valley, California
“What can I grow here?” is common question the circulates among gardeners new to an area. When I first moved into my home, I started a plant list searchable by planting date in Microsoft Access. I got my information by … Continue reading
California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum) Adds Fall Color to High Desert Gardens
I took a lot of chances on planting California native plants slightly out of their natural range. Most of them didn’t make it. One of the successes, among my favorites, was California fuchsia (Epilobium canun). I planted mine where the … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Habitat, Ornamental Gardening, Plant List
Tagged California fuchsia, Drought Tolerant, Drought Tolerant Gardening, Drought Tolerant Plant, Dry Gardening, Epilobium canum, Fall Color, Fall Planting, Garden, Habitat for Humming Birds, High Desert, High Desert Gardening, High Desert Living, Home, Humming Birds, Hummingbird Trumpet, Low Impact Design, Mojave Desert Garden, Permaculture, Permaculture Garden, Southwest, Success Gardening in the Mojave Desert, Sustainable Garden Plant, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Landscaping, Water Conservation, Water Wise Plants, Xerophytic Gardening, Zauschneria californica, Zauschneria canum
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Free Water in the Desert
So, I’m not the only crazy person out there who sees free irrigation water in “flooding problems” I found a great series of links to videos on stormwater and rainwater harvesting. If you want to grow more than rocks in … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Habitat
Tagged Backyard Farm, Best Management Practices, Biodynamic Gardening, Bioswale, Desert Gardening, Desert Soil, Drought Tolerant Gardening, Dry Gardening, Ecological Gardening, Floodwaters, Growing Vegetables in the High Desert, High Desert Gardening, High Desert Living, Horticulture, Infiltration, Key Point, Keyline, Keyline Channel, Landscape Design, Low Impact Design, Low Impact Development, Mojave Desert Garden, Natural Resource Conservation, Ornamental Gardening, Passive Irrigation, Permaculture, Permaculture Design, Permaculture Garden, Post Construction BMPs, Rain Gardens, Rain Water Harvesting, Rainwater Recycling, Road Runoff, Runon Management, Stormwater, Stormwater Harvesting, Stormwater Infiltration, Stormwater management, Stormwater Retention, Success Gardening in the Mojave Desert, Sustainability, Sustainable Gardening, Sustainable Living, Swale, Water Conservation, Water efficient, Water harvesting, Water in the Desert, Water Management, Water Stewardship, Water Wise, Xerophytic Gardening
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Dirt-free Potatoes – and That’s No Hay | Garden Maine
• By Faith Pineo • We like to try something new each gardening season and decided to give this a shot a few years back. But this method was only new to us, as our grandfather used to plant this … Continue reading
Tagged Caliche Soil, Desert Gardening, Garden, Gardening Resources, Growing Potatoes, Growing Vegetables in the High Desert, Growing with Hay, Growing with Straw, Hard Soil, High Desert Gardening, High Desert Gardening Community, Hugelkulture, Kitchen Garden, Mojave Desert, Mojave Desert Garden, Ornamental Gardening, Permaculture, Potatoes, Vegetable crops, Vegetable Garden, Vegetables, Weed Management, Xerophytic Gardening
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Caliche Challenge 