The best time to start a vegetable garden was yesterday. The second-best time is today. To help reduce your grocery bill at home, try growing these vegetables. And…
Read more How to Reduce Your Grocery Bill by Vegetable Gardening – Garden TherapyAs forest fires become more frequent, our garden plants will continue to sit under smoky skies. But how does this affect the lifecycle of our favourite flowers, herbs,…
Read more Smoky Skies: The Effects of Forest Fires on Garden Plants – Garden TherapyThinking about starting a garden but aren’t sure where to begin? This post, all about gardening for beginners, is for you — with eight simple steps to help…
Read more Gardening for Beginners: How to Start a Garden in 8 Simple StepsLearning how to grow asparagus is simple. Asparagus is a dependable favorite in the home garden. Plants take 2 or 3 years before they are ready to harvest,…
Read more Six Things to Know Before You Plant AsparagusOften, budding gardeners will think they need the perfect piece of land to start growing, but that isn’t the case at all. I know this because my own…
Read more Vertical Garden Bed: a Unique Raised Garden You’ve Got to SeeIf you spend time in an Arizona garden in June, bountiful harvests and stunning blooms are common at the beginning of the month. Early June fills harvest baskets…
Read more Tips for a Thriving Arizona Garden in JunePinterest1005 Facebook212 Although rollie pollies (also called pill bugs or potato bugs) usually eat decaying and decomposing plant matter, occasionally, pill bug numbers are high, and they can…
Read more 5 Ways to Keep Pill Bugs from Destroying Your GardenPinterest1317 Facebook152 Wondering how to grow cucamelons? You’ve come to the right place. Cucamelons may look like a mouse-sized watermelon, but they taste like a cucumber with a…
Read more How to Grow CucamelonsPinterest66367 Facebook334 If you’re wondering what the best soil for raised bed vegetable gardening is, that’s an easy answer – “Mel’s Mix”. I didn’t come up with this mix; we can…
Read more Best Soil for Raised Bed Vegetable GardeningApril’s sunny, warm days and cool nights are perfect for the garden and the gardener. However, this is not the time to procrastinate – warmer temperatures are coming,…
Read more Arizona Garden in AprilPinterest1287 Facebook152 Wondering how to grow cucamelons? You’ve come to the right place. Cucamelons may look like a mouse-sized watermelon, but they taste like a cucumber with a…
Read more How to Grow CucamelonsYou won’t find these at the grocery store! These rare vegetables and fruits are hard to come by unless you grow them yourself. Out of the thousands of…
Read more Rare Vegetables and Fruits You Can Only Grow – Garden TherapyWhat grows in low desert Arizona gardens in March? I’ll show you. All of these pictures come from my garden in Mesa, Arizona. March in the low desert…
Read more Arizona Garden in MarchPinterest1501 Facebook109 Keep reading for garden inspiration, a February garden checklist, and a list of vegetables, herbs, and flowers to plant in your low desert Arizona garden in…
Read more Arizona Garden in FebruaryPinterest7529 Facebook415 Learning how to grow sweet potatoes is surprisingly easy – just a few plants provide a plentiful harvest. Sweet potatoes need a long warm growing season, are…
Read more How to Grow Sweet PotatoesPinterest7529 Facebook415 Learning how to grow sweet potatoes is surprisingly easy – just a few plants provide a plentiful harvest. Sweet potatoes need a long warm growing season, are…
Read more How to Grow Sweet PotatoesPinterest2538 Facebook325 Learning how to grow tomatoes may feel overwhelming. Entire books have been written about growing tomatoes, but these 10 tips will fast-track you to tomato-growing success. …
Read more How to Grow Tomatoes in Arizona – 10 Tips for Growing TomatoesLearn how to grow patty pan squash, from Sunburst to Gelber Englisher Custard varieties. It’s easy to care for and delicious! Patty pan squash was a surprise family…
Read more How to Grow Patty Pan SquashAre you having trouble keeping your garden healthy and productive? Use this list of ten essential daily gardening tasks to take your garden from struggling to thriving. Jump…
Read more 10 Essential Daily Garden TasksWhat grows in low desert Arizona gardens in January? I’ll show you. All of these pictures come from my garden in Mesa, Arizona. Low desert includes elevations below…
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