Gardening for Hot and Dry Climates
As someone living in a major city, owning a property with acres of land is tough to come by. Often times in urban environments we have to be creative in order to maximize our garden space. It’s common for people in urban settings to live …
One of my favorite aspects of gardening is growing fruit trees. Growing vegetables or flowers are great, but having a tree that continually produces year after year just can’t be beat. If you’re on the fence about adding that fruit tree, here are some things …
If you ask a child what a plant needs to grow, common answers are going to be water, sun, soil, and air. Any beginning gardener would agree with the child. The one thing that is commonly forgotten about or least understood is feeding plants. There …
Have you ever dug in soil that just crumbled or was super dense? Well, if you live in hot, dry climates like the Arizona desert, this is a pretty common experience. Unless you’ve taken measures to create a healthy soil, I highly doubt any worm …
After several years of gardening or mastering growing the basics, has your love for gardening started to diminish? It may be time to take your gardening skills to the next level. Anything can lose its luster if we don’t continue to push ourselves to new …
After you finish cleaning the juice from your face gobbling up a mango, you’re left with a large seed pod. It’s pretty common to look at the seed and wonder if it could one day turn into a mango producing tree. Should I grow a …
In my daily interactions with others, as I discuss my gardening hobby, I tend to get comments like, “Oh, I’ve tried that but just don’t have a green thumb or things just don’t grow in the desert.” There are so many reasons why people have …
As someone living in the Phoenix, Arizona area, which is one of the largest U.S. cities, I’ve been fortunate enough to find many amazing local nurseries or places that offer a variety of different fruit trees. If you aren’t quite as lucky to have many …
I’m a huge believer that everyone should give gardening a chance. Gardening sometimes gets a bad rep since it isn’t always portrayed as a “cool” thing to do, but those that don’t try it are missing out on something great. There are so many things …
One of the things I’ve really enjoyed on my gardening journey has been connecting with people of differing cultures and backgrounds. Gardening has a way of bringing people together for a common purpose. Since gardening is naturally a “down to earth” hobby, gardeners tend to be …
When I found out all the different fruit tree possibilities for my area, I had a difficult time stopping at just one. I started thinking that the longer I wait to plant a fruit tree, the longer it would be to get fruit. One fruit …