The palo verdes blooming all around Tucson have cast a spell over me again. I couldn’t help but smile stuck in traffic on the freeway, and later on my way to the dentist, for the brilliant, yellow trees lining the Read more…
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In Tucson, the first day of spring on the calendar can go by unnoticed, minor. The weather became gorgeous (with a few lion-like interruptions) back in February. Signs like worms, green growth, and promising buds barely took a break for winter. Read more…
“I had a lot of fun in the garden yesterday!” beamed one of my elementary students entering school on Wednesday. The boy’s smile and his forwardness meant as much as the words, since he has made great progress in participating Read more…
Cooler days, softer soil… what a wonderful time to pull weeds! Sure, it’s also a good time to plant seeds, construct a new compost bin, move my worms back outside, and more, in part because I’m spending less time watering, Read more…
Desert gardening, on a practical level, means gardening in an arid environment. Desert gardening, on a personal level, means gardening in and with the place that I love. I love watching quail amble through the brittlebushes and goldfinches hop along Read more…
The sunflowers are starting. My son and husband alerted me to the single bloom in our backyard in early May, just as I was steeling myself to face the dry, too-bright months ahead. Keeping my spring flowers – marigolds, primrose, salvia, Read more…
The palo verde tree that planted itself, helped shape our front yard and shade our house, and beautifully flowered each spring, has to come down. We might have been able to save it if only a few branches were damaged, an Read more…
Through Nature to You, I teach lessons that help people enjoy the stuff of nature: soft soil, singing birds, tough plants, diverse insects. My plans do require some man-made materials: pots for planting, books for illustrating animals, pens for taking notes, Read more…
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