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Adopt a Crop End-of-Summer Update

Adopt a Crop End-of-Summer Update

| Joel Johnson
The thermometer is still dancing between 99 and 100 as I write in mid-October, but I’m branding this our “end of summer” update in hopes that maybe wishing will make it so.   Those of you Sonoran Desert dwellers know that calling this summer a challenging growing season is an understatement. Nat...
Will This Seed Grow Where I live?

Will This Seed Grow Where I live?

| Sheryl Joy
It's seed-catalog browsing season, that time when many gardeners around the country find a cozy spot to do their garden dreaming and planning. This season our NS/S staff often hear this question: Will this variety grow well in my garden in ________?  Fill in the blank with any town from Wenatchee...
Fall Planting for Spring Blooms

Fall Planting for Spring Blooms

| Laura Neff
Spring wildflower season is one of the desert’s most colorful periods. But planning for those multicolored displays in the spring requires planning in the Fall.  The prime time to plant spring flowers in the low desert areas of southern Arizona is during late September through early December.