By George! - A Blog!

Newcomers to the desert regions find it strange, even illogical, when old-timers recommend planting trees in the fall, when winter is so close.
Here’s the rationale. In the conventional planting time of spring the soil is cool and the air temperatures are quickly getting higher day by day because the sun is getting stronger. […]

In the middle of September things start looking and feeling better. There’s a general cooling with the shorter days and we’re getting cooler nights–which is always good for man and beast and plants, too.
But the days are sunny and this helps to keep the soil warm for the next month or so. The soil […]

As you take a summer drive through the city and look around it seems that there are more than usual the number of trees that have blown over.  Is the weather changing, or what?
Here are some thoughts on why this has happened.  First, we seem to be having more gusty winds–microbursts some people call them, and they […]