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13 Responses to I’m back. New Blog. And gardening whatever in ARIZONA
Its very possible, it just requires some strategic design. Trying to place your garden so that it only gets about 6 hours of direct sun light helps. Also, you want to make sure that the ground stay shaded so that soil stays cool and moist. The only way to do this is plant a few plants so that the next plant shades the ground of the others around it.
Do you think it’s possible to grow year-round in this heat/soil? I’d like to expand my garden OUT of the raised beds & keep my plants for the year, even if they don’t bear fruit (too cold/hot).
For this garden I don’t know. The most the garden got water was every 3 days during summer for 2 10 minute periods. I built a garden at my parents that was in a normal neighborhood that was 120sq ft and they saw no significant increase to their water bill.
Congrats on getting hitched, and your exciting journey being married and sustainable gardening! Your backyard certainly looks wonderful and really starting to look more and more like a paradise.
I usually throw them in a smoothy.
ParadiseVeggies
June 21, 2013 at 10:23 am
Don’t forget to also eat your broccoli leaves!!
Crystal Tweeboom
June 21, 2013 at 11:01 am
Its very possible, it just requires some strategic design. Trying to place your garden so that it only gets about 6 hours of direct sun light helps. Also, you want to make sure that the ground stay shaded so that soil stays cool and moist. The only way to do this is plant a few plants so that the next plant shades the ground of the others around it.
ParadiseVeggies
June 21, 2013 at 11:51 am
Do you think it’s possible to grow year-round in this heat/soil? I’d like to expand my garden OUT of the raised beds & keep my plants for the year, even if they don’t bear fruit (too cold/hot).
tkmaz
June 21, 2013 at 12:11 pm
For this garden I don’t know. The most the garden got water was every 3 days during summer for 2 10 minute periods. I built a garden at my parents that was in a normal neighborhood that was 120sq ft and they saw no significant increase to their water bill.
ParadiseVeggies
June 21, 2013 at 12:27 pm
Just curious, how much its your water bill?
Mo Cassidy
June 21, 2013 at 12:37 pm
Congratulations!
Mo Cassidy
June 21, 2013 at 1:15 pm
Congrats on getting hitched, and your exciting journey being married and sustainable gardening! Your backyard certainly looks wonderful and really starting to look more and more like a paradise.
4GreenEarth2
June 21, 2013 at 1:22 pm
Congrats! Are you growing tree collards? I ordered a couple cuttings that I am starting. But I would rather buy more cuttings locally.
lmw025
June 21, 2013 at 2:18 pm
congrats. I will check out your blog
Steve Harpster
June 21, 2013 at 2:53 pm
Congratulations on your Wedding! Introduce your lovely wife to us. Would love to see the woman behind the camera.
wasmirosy
June 21, 2013 at 3:24 pm
Thanks for showing us around. And congratulations on getting married! 🙂
Becoming0ne
June 21, 2013 at 3:46 pm
All the seeds from a single lettuce plant can populate an entire garden bed (they grow like dandelions!) Nice to see the polyculture taking hold : )
Helioforge
June 21, 2013 at 4:10 pm