By George! - A Blog!

There are many signs of spring awakening, lizards appear, groundsquirrels come out of their burrows, ants start foraging again, weeds flourish in the warm sunshine and,for us gardeners, leaf and flower buds start sprouting.
There are many things to do and since our seasons are of short duration it seems there’s no time to get them all done.
Pruning, […]

This is the season for a lot of creatures waking up out of a winter snooze. Lizards, ground squirrels, even snakes and certainly a lot of insects.
 Bees come out of hiding as soon as warm temperatures and rains set weed plants a-flowering. They want nectar for energy and pollen for food for their young.  In […]

There is an argument that states that a parasite, living on its host, would be crazy to kill the host and deny itself a source of food.  I used to accept that argument in the case of parasitic mistletoe but now I don’t think its a good argument, especially after a series of dry years. […]

When you were gardening in the East and Mid-West you probably were told to save the ashes from the fireplace and put them in the soil at spring digging.  This was good advice, but for us in the desert regions it’s actually bad advice.
The reasons for this are that soils in the eastern states are […]

The other day I got a reminder of some hard work carried out a couple of years ago when I had to replace a rusty water line.
My yard is basically “empty desert” though there are mature citrus trees on the edges, and they are doing fine. This “empty desert” has a straight green line of […]