In light of yesterday’s post of Tossed Salad gardening catastrophe, I thought I’d share a couple of successes. A month ago I cut the snapdragons back, snipping off the old ends, thinning out a bit, and then the monsoon rains have watered them well. I now have snapdragons to use for cut flowers indoors again! … Read more
The hail I mentioned in my June 21st blog post did a real number on my green beans. Between the hail damage and the high temperatures (days on end hovering around 100 degrees) in late June, they quit producing beans and all the tiny beans that were on the plant stopped growing. After waiting for … Read more
Last Friday was the official first day of Monsoon season here in Arizona and on Saturday we had our first rain. What a rain it was! Rain, wind, hail; we had it all! Looking out the front door, you could see water rushing down the street and hail on the yard and sidewalk. The hail … Read more
