Category Archives: desert garden

First peppers

Posted on June 1, 2020 by JonesGardenBlog

The first, rather pathetic, bell peppers of the season are in. A diminutive jalepeno and of course squash and zucchini. Curfew issued last night as well. A little chaos a couple of miles away in my little town. Lord, I … Continue reading →

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Peach trees

Posted on May 31, 2020 by JonesGardenBlog

The two peach trees were put in as sticks from Costco early this year. Both are over six feet now. Looking good. They were a little taxed by the heat the last couple of days but heavily watered they are … Continue reading →

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Sweet potatoes are in

Posted on May 25, 2020 by JonesGardenBlog

We prepped the beds a while ago. Technically they are my son’s beds as a school project this year. We didn’t really go through the whole process of creating slips and everything. We bought some organic sweet potatoes and cut … Continue reading →

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Too late to plant?

Posted on May 24, 2020 by JonesGardenBlog

Just as an experiment I planted some Desert King watermelon today. I already have some growing. But I decided to fill in where the garlic had been. They are pretty hearty plants so they may last and we have a … Continue reading →

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We’ve reached the saturation point

Posted on May 23, 2020 by JonesGardenBlog

There comes that time in the squash and zucchini season where you begin the gifting. We went from no production to hyper production (for us) in a couple of days. A couple of weeks later we are starting to distribute … Continue reading →

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