Category Archives: desert garden

The Non-Winter Garden Update

Posted on February 21, 2014 by JonesGardenBlog

I know a lot of the country has been digging out, repeatedly, from one of the worst winters that anybody can remember, but here in AZ… nope.  No winter here.  Mid-eighties… yup.  Cool evenings and nights in the fifties… yup. … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona Garden, artichoke, Bok Choi, broccoli, Chinese cabbage, desert garden, dinosaur Kale, fall garden, Harvest, Ice Berg Lettuce, marigold, onions, peppers, Red Russian Kale, Romaine, square foot gardening, Starting Seeds | 19 Comments

Save Those Seeds

Posted on July 22, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

I’ve been gone for a couple of days for some very WET camping, but I’m back and wanted to do a quick video on selecting the right fruit for seed saving.

Posted in desert garden, Desert King Watermelon, Starting Seeds, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in Arizona Garden, desert garden, malabar spinach, Starting Seeds, tamarillo | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

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