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Gardening since 1993
  • Name: Julie
  • Location: United States
  • Gardening experience: I plant something each year
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Arizona Dreaming Surprise, AZ

This year I have vowed to do what has always been the impossible for me - have a productive and beautiful garden in the inferno of an Arizona summer. After much research (reading seed catalogs in a bubble bath is research, right?), I am now ready to launch into... » more
  • Last updated: August 22, 2012
  • Garden type: Grow It Forward: Heirloom

Backyard Garden near Phoenix, AZ Glendale, AZ

by ThreePts
Welcome to my attempt at vegetable gardening in the backyard of a small condo with raised beds. A bed that receives no direct sun during the winter and way too much in the hot Arizona summer. This is my journey.

Bohemian Garden Monroe, MI

by Liz
My vegetable garden is getting a makeover this year!  Not only will I be growing more heirlooms, but the area where they will be growing will have a Bohemian flair.....colorful, artsy, fun, and perhaps a bit of the...

A Garden in Phoenix Phoenix, AZ

by agardeninphoenix
It's been a bit of trial and error learning how to garden in the Phoenix desert, but I think I'm starting to get the hang of it! In addition to normal and raised beds, we have a small orchard with peach, apple, pomegranate...

Nelson's Garden Surprise, AZ

by SurpriseAzGardener
Want to creat a garden where you can relax and have most of our food we eat

The Heirloom Garden of Eatin' Tacoma, WA

by Queen_of_Green
I redesigned my vegetable garden last year at Franklin Park Community Garden with the Vegetable Garden Planner on Mother Earth News. I am implementing the full plan this season and it will be a lot easier to tend and...

Spade Organics Bullhead City, AZ

by OGDGAF
Well it started back with my love for cooking. In search of the best food for the best price I found out that growing your own was not only more affordable and the veggies that came out of the garden were way more tastier,...

UrbanDesertGarden Tucson, AZ

by UrbanDesertGarden
We live less than a 1/4 mile outside of downtown Tucson in a rented house with a backyard garden of 250 sq ft. We plant over 60 varieties of vegetables and herbs every year mostly for personal consumption. We also have...

Accidental Garden Tucson, AZ

by huggerbug
I plant only Baker Creek seeds.  My Father told me about them 4 years ago.  Thanks Dad.  I have to be very careful selecting seed,  This high desert is brutal.  In the winter we get a few hard freezes that kill...

Garden In A Box Phoenix, AZ

by DesertGardenGirl

In the Begining Phoenix, AZ

by phoenixgirl
Always trying to improve my garden in this Hot desert of Phoenix,Arizona!

East Texas Linden, TX

by RoriTx
We grow,can or freeze 90% of all the vegetables we eat. I've decided to start saving our own seeds so this year we will plant as many heirloom varieties as we can.Breaking News:Facebook you've been replaced!

YourGardenShow Busy Bee San Francisco, CA

by The-Busy-Bee
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    • OGDGAF replied about 1 year ago
    		I'm using mostly straw for mulch, also i use newspaper and wood chips, I lay it on thick and use it heavy. Around here summer temps get over a 100 everyday in the depths of summer, but its not the heat that gets them its the intensity of the sun so im laying trelles over my raised bed to supply shade for my tomatoes and peppers, I'm trying to do all heirlooms and have something that can handle the heat. With that said I think thats a good game plan but I will see. Happy Gardening.... Ohh yeah how do you water too? im curious
    JulsInAZ replied about 1 year ago
    		@OGDGAF: Right now I'm watering by hand with the hose. I'll be laying drip lines when I've got everything in and then that'll be on a timer. I've done a pretty large expansion this year and I'm a little worried about water pressure for the stuff that's furthest out from the house, so we'll see how that goes. I also make small wells around all my peppers, tomatoes, melons, and squash and then fill them with leaves (probably go with straw or newspaper later on). I fill the wells with water once, let it sink in, and then fill again. Right now with these temps I can go at least two days before I have to water them again. What are you doing for water?
    OGDGAF replied about 1 year ago
    		@JulsInAZ: I water by hand and use soaker hoses in the farther beds, also mulch heavy and feed with a combination of kelp meal and fish emulsion and bat guano, I hear the kelp helps with drought resistance, I do it on a light feeding schedule but I apply it every 5 days, Most of my in grownd beds are like a pit that I have double dug and amended the soil , it prevents water erosion and loss, also with our wind it helps from being whipped around, but yes my watering is similar to yours and also the benefit of that with our soil is it helps leach out the built up salts in this desert soil. But alot of what I do is look for drought resistant heirloom varieties. I seem to be having better results with those varieties then I do with the hybrid varieties.
    OGDGAF replied about 1 year ago
    		@JulsInAZ: I water by hand and use soaker hoses in the farther beds, also mulch heavy and feed with a combination of kelp meal and fish emulsion and bat guano, I hear the kelp helps with drought resistance, I do it on a light feeding schedule but I apply it every 5 days, Most of my in grownd beds are like a pit that I have double dug and amended the soil , it prevents water erosion and loss, also with our wind it helps from being whipped around, but yes my watering is similar to yours and also the benefit of that with our soil is it helps leach out the built up salts in this desert soil. But alot of what I do is look for drought resistant heirloom varieties. I seem to be having better results with those varieties then I do with the hybrid varieties.