Author Archives: JonesGardenBlog

Garden Fresh Huevos Rancheros

Posted on July 17, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

I’m not a foodie or a cook.  My wife is, and she is AMAZING at it.  Seriously, she is God’s gift to people who have gluten allergies.  But every once in a while, I am one of those annoying people … Continue reading →

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Demo Continues in the Garden

Posted on July 16, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

Part of getting the garden ready for fall/winter is moving out the plants that are ‘done’ for the summer.  Most of the plants do great through spring and start to struggle as the heat gets turned up in the AZ … Continue reading →

Posted in desert garden, intensive gardening, mulch, tomatoes, Uncategorized, zucchini | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Getting Ready for the Fall/Winter Garden

Posted on July 13, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

One of the benefits to gardening in Arizona is that there is literally a 12 month growing season.  Some people would claim 10, because they don’t want to garden during July and August when production drops off and it’s just … Continue reading →

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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 →

Posted in Arizona Garden, desert garden, Growing corn | 14 Comments