Organic Gardening Archives - Arizona Living Landscape & Design https://landscapearizona.com/blog/category/organic-gardening/ Arizona's #1 Landscaper Designer Contractor Sat, 17 Aug 2024 21:30:41 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 September Plant Guide https://landscapearizona.com/blog/september-plant-guide/ Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:45:20 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=2965 September is here and we are finally approaching the end of our summer heat. It’s time to start thinking about planting again and preparing our plants for the winter. Here are some suggestions: Plants – continue to plant trees and shrubs in September, especially at the end of September. This is the best time to ... Read More about September Plant Guide

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]]> What is Nutgrass? https://landscapearizona.com/blog/what-is-nutgrass/ Mon, 22 Jul 2013 20:05:43 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1748 What is that funny looking grass popping up all over my lawn and yard? Do you have this grass taking over your yard or grass?  It is called nutgrass or nutsedge and takes a special chemical to kill it. The traditional weed spray we use on our landscape applications will not kill it and pulling ... Read More about What is Nutgrass?

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]]> Arizona spring garden maintenance https://landscapearizona.com/blog/arizona-spring-garden-maintenance/ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:35:37 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1453 It’s time to prepare your garden to transition from the cool-season flowers and plants to the warm-season planting. Pull spent plants and weeds, rake up leaf debris, and layer 4 to 6 inches of compost or manure on top of the soil to dig in before replanting. Fertilize roses every six weeks to prepare for ... Read More about Arizona spring garden maintenance

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]]> Arizona Desert spring vegetable guide https://landscapearizona.com/blog/arizona-desert-spring-vegetable-guide/ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:31:04 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/?p=1450 Ever wonder what vegetables work here in the Arizona desert? Arizona’s planting guide is very different from everywhere else in the United States. Fortunately, for us we have 2 or even 3 planting cycles. We have our spring crop, summer crop, and fall/winter crop. It is April in the Arizona low desert and time to ... Read More about Arizona Desert spring vegetable guide

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]]> Arizona Water Harvesting https://landscapearizona.com/blog/arizona-water-harvesting/ Tue, 17 May 2011 20:33:09 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/blog/?p=145 In the Arizona desert we get about 4″ of rain a year. That isn’t much compared to many parts of the country but water run-off from a monsoon storm can produce enough water to water your garden or lawn for several weeks or months for free. See below on how to harvest rain water in ... Read More about Arizona Water Harvesting

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]]> Mulch for cooler soil and better plants https://landscapearizona.com/blog/mulch-for-cooler-soil-and-better-plants/ Tue, 17 May 2011 20:08:12 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/blog/?p=141 Many of us don’t think mulch is used in Arizona and in some cases it isn’t needed. For example, native desert plants do not need mulch to survive. They are adapted to the existing soil conditions and do better in the native soil. Mulching a planting hole of a native plant will actually restrict the ... Read More about Mulch for cooler soil and better plants

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]]> Soaker hoses for garden watering https://landscapearizona.com/blog/soaker-hoses-for-garden-watering/ Tue, 17 May 2011 19:55:46 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/blog/?p=135 Watering raised garden beds, similar to raised garden beds you might find at EasyShed, with soaker hoses is a great alternative to the spray heads. Soaker hoses are laid on beds, delivering slow, steady dripping to the plant root zones. This saves us time and water since no spray is lost to wind, and our ... Read More about Soaker hoses for garden watering

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]]> Arizona Desert April Plant Guide https://landscapearizona.com/blog/arizona-desert-april-plant-guide/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:29:31 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/blog/?p=90 We will be in the 80’s consistently this month. This is why we all live in Arizona. Hopefully, you have already started planting your yard with spring flowers and such. Continue to transplant trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, ornamental grasses, and spring flowers. The sooner they are in the ground the stronger they will be ... Read More about Arizona Desert April Plant Guide

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]]> Arizona Desert March Gardening https://landscapearizona.com/blog/arizona-desert-march-gardening/ Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:41:56 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/blog/?p=80 It is starting to feel like spring in the desert. The winter rains have brought weeds and the frost bitten plants are starting to pop up with a little green. Do not trim back the dead stuff too early. Wait closer to the middle/end of March for this in case we get another freeze. It ... Read More about Arizona Desert March Gardening

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]]> Arizona Organic Gardening https://landscapearizona.com/blog/arizona-organic-gardening/ Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:58:32 +0000 http://www.landscapearizona.com/blog/?p=53 When planning your vegetable or flower garden for spring you might want to consider planting various plants that will actually repel those pesky bugs. In turn, you can use less chemicals and make your yard safer. Here are a few plants to consider in your organic garden in Arizona. Basil: repels flies, caterpillars and mosquitoes. ... Read More about Arizona Organic Gardening

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