Gardening for Hot and Dry Climates
As a father of four young kids (ranging from 3 to 9yrs old), I’m always trying to help them identify interests and it’s always an added bonus when we share some similar hobbies. If you’re a gardener with kids, I’m sure they’ve at least attempted …
When you think of gardening the first plant everyone wants to grow are tomatoes. It’s just the thing to do and for good reason. Tomatoes taste ten times better fresh off the vine then anything you’ll ever get at a supermarket. If you live in …
Even though I live in the Arizona desert, I spend most of my gardening time growing traditional types of fruits and vegetables. As you drive around our area there are a plethora of cacti and desert native plants which is a sight to behold. When …
Many times we are fighting off birds that eat our fruit, rodents eating roots, or insects devouring our plants’ leaves, but there are times when wildlife in the garden can add joy to the gardening experience. Gardening for the harvest is great, but creating a …
I have never been a pet guy, it’s not that I don’t like animals, I just don’t like all the extra work that comes with maintaining them. Well when you have four young kids they can be very convincing. After years of begging for pets, …
We all know those places where the ground is fertile enough to just pop a seed into it, add some water, and watch it grow. Unfortunately, many of us don’t have the luxury of having fertile soil readily available for our gardening needs, especially those …