Monthly Archives: July 2013

A haboob is not always a bad thing

Posted on July 12, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

Haboob hits the valley. Check out this video from our local fox station.  One of our infamous haboobs rolls across the valley.  Of course a haboob is just a fancy word for a dust storm.  They are VERY common in … Continue reading →

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Gone! All gone! …good riddance!

Posted on July 11, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

It’s gone.  After a couple of days of not wasting any more water on it, we pulled it out.  I hate it when a crop doesn’t turn out.  We yanked and pulled and in the end we took shovels to … Continue reading →

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What is that jungle hiding?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

The problem that I have found with intensive gardening techniques is that eventually everything grows into one big tangled mass of vegetable matter.  For instance, my cucumbers should have had a trellis (lesson learned for next spring), and so they … Continue reading →

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Home!

Posted on July 7, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

We took a break from the heat for a couple of days and joined another family and my father-in-law up in Payson, AZ for a small town Fourth of July celebration and a spectacular fireworks show.  One of the amazing … Continue reading →

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Growing Peppers in Arizona

Posted on July 2, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

A brief description of my pepper experimenting and what worked for me here on the surface of the sun. And yes, I need a shave.

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