“August is the month when harvest begins in many parts of the world, including here in the Southwest. You may have been harvesting vegetables and fruit from your garden for the last few months, but August is the time when there begins to be a bona fide bounty, maybe even […]
Ice Break will soon be here in the lower elevations, and that means that summer is not too far behind. For those of you new to our area, “Ice Break on the XYZ River” is the first day the temperature hits 100 degrees in your town. This event is celebrated […]
March is the month when the Equinox arrives and day and night will have the same number of hours on that day. Despite the equality of day and night, March is a month of contrasts. An old saying is “If March roars in like a lion, it will leave like […]
Winter solstice! This is a very busy time of year for many of you reading this. Me too! I am taking a bit of a break this week. Full article next week. Get Outside If you are itching to get outside and do something, I encourage you to do so. […]
September is a transition month. The soils are still warm from the summer heat, but the nights are starting to get cooler, and the hours of day light are getting shorter. This tells plants to do that last bit of growing and doing photosynthesis to make sugars and […]
Summertime in the Southwest can be brutal on plants, and August is perhaps the toughest month of all. Every Year is Different Some parts of the region had monsoon rains, some parts did not. This makes it difficult for me to guide you precisely. For some corners of the Southwest, […]
There is plenty to do in the Southwest yard in January – but only if you want to. You can also kick back and relax. Water = Pay Attention to Irrigation As I write this, our winter so far has been mostly warm and relatively dry for much of our […]
When it comes to gardening tasks, December is a generally slow month. That’s good because it’s the holiday season and there are plenty of other non-gardening tasks to do. Overview Still kind of warm, but not too much rain. That means this year the weeds are not too rambunctious. […]
How did it get to be November already?! Golly Change Happens When I was at the Desert Green Conference in Las Vegas, the shift in weather patterns was one topic often discussed. Since most of us love plants – our conversations were along the lines of, “how can we adapt […]
Every year the October calendar list differs somewhat and 2024 is no exception. By way of introduction, I do appreciate the way they had me categorize each month when I wrote the Month by Month Guide for Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico. Each month had a Plan, Plant, Care (Prune, […]
