Gardening for Hot and Dry Climates
If you’ve ever had the chance to eat a mango from the tropics, you probably immediately fell in love. It’s a totally different experience from the mangoes commonly found in the grocery store. Much of the mangoes shipped are of inferior quality, go through irradiation …
I’ve seen many claims that gardening is great for exercise. There are things that you’re doing in the garden that can be viewed as physical fitness like stooping, bending, raking, squatting, digging, lifting, reaching, or just moving around in general. With doing movements like those …
Today’s featured Gardener is with Blooming Anomaly, selected images taken from her garden. Where do you garden? My balcony garden is located in Orange County, CA near the coast. Why did you start gardening? I started gardening to help relieve depression that I was experiencing …
One of the best plant purchases I ever made was a Black Mission starter tree for $2.50. It didn’t look like much, just a 6-inch twig with a couple leaves, but it took off that first summer. Fig trees are one of the easiest fruit …
Imagine living in a desert climate and the amount of time it would take to water your garden on a daily basis with nothing but a garden hose. Well, this was the story of my life for 8 years. Both my current residence and previous …
HOA’s or Home Owner’s Associations have become increasingly more prevalent, especially in the Southwest United States. The Phoenix, Arizona area where I reside, has become a haven for HOA communities. When we were shopping for our home in 2016, the majority of homes we looked …
Butterflies have long been regarded as a sign of beauty. We have been enamored by the small creatures with fluttering wings of color that grace the skies around us. Something about the life cycle of these insects invokes feelings in us that we are constantly …
Much of the world resides in an urban setting. Unfortunately living in the city, doesn’t always allow for large acreage. In the Phoenix, Arizona area where I reside, it’s quite common to have HOA (Homeowners Associations) all over the suburbs with a typical 1/5th of …