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The tomatoes are setting fruit, even in this… Continue

I harvested my first pumpkin today...Yes, in June. Obviously, I timed that wrong, but oh well. So long as its tasty, it doesnt matter. I've enjoyed the foilage for months now, and its put up a pretty good fight against the scorching heat. My zucchinis succumbed by wednesd… Continue

I have never grown pumpkins before, but here I… Continue

Lots of new beds being created in the yard right now. Trying to get them complete before the furnace kicks on (the desert summer.) Bryan helped me create another bed in front of the three sisters. I planted a butterfly bush on the end of this new bed by the walkway near the potager entrance. As with all gardens, this garden has been all about the soil. I tested my soil and I am almost 100% clay with very little organic matter, so I will be spending a good deal of the summer building soil as best… Continue

Look who I found! A beautiful little friend! Last october there was a very large brown preying mantis on my pool fence. I had hoped it was female and that she would lay her egg sac in my yard. I read that the typical egg sac contains 300 preying mantis, however, the first… Continue