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Arizona Mesquite Company will be at Page Springs Vineyard north of Cornville, AZ on Sat., Feb 18. Mesquite pancakes at 10am, followed by a culture and history talk with lessons on pruning, planting and even trellising mesquite to increase yields.
Read more…Does anyone know why my summer squash has recently turned from a nice yellow color to a greenish one? Heat?
Read more…My sweet little Spanish neighbor lady decided to spend the day in her yard, the result, I was given 6 huge Aloe plants and a large shopping bag full of Nopal leaves (the thin young prickly pear pads). She was pleased to tell me to cook them, how heal
Read more…I harvested cholla flower buds for the first time this last weekend. I wrote about it on my blog:
http://practicalbio.blogspot.com/2011/04/cholla-flower-bud-harvest-2011.htmlHas anyone else harvested cholla buds this spring? I'm really interested in
Read more…We will transform a vacant lot that is just under a quarter acre in the Garfield District of downtown Phoenix into a Community Garden. The plot is a blank slate and I need help. I am new to the idea of permaculture and native planting with water harv
Read more…Would love to get some insight on this topic I recently posted.
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These eggs are on a Carolyn Jessime vine. Do you know what they are?
Read more…Does anyone know of a source of native mesquite trees in the east valley? I am looking for a Honey Mesquite so I can harvest the beans, and also so it won't fall over during a storm (hopefully).
Hi all, a request came into the Guild via email about getting some Mesquite Beans. Please see the text below:
"Hi Liz,
"I live in San Luis Obispo, CA and I’m interested in finding whole mesquite pods. When I Googled that term I found your website and
Read more…After researching the internet, I think my grape leaves are affected by powdery mildew. Do you know any non-poisonous remedies? Fungicides are recommended. It looks like white powdery, webby growth on the upper surfaces of the leaves. Severely aff
Read more…please help me identify this (photos attached). daily I pick this off & throw it in trash (not into compost & don't give it to the chickens). it doesn't have roots but returns relentlessly..
Read more…I just harvested a 5 gallon bucket-full of prickly pears. I put half of them, whole, in boiling water. Then threw them in the blender to pulse. My problem is that THERE IS SO MUCH PULP!! I have a cheesecloth to catch it, but it seems like the liq
Read more…My husband and I got a hold of a banana yucca fruit up north over the weekend. Seems it can grow here as well. Anyone have any experience propogating from seed? Any suggestions/tips/advice gladly accepted!
Also, anyone have any recipes for the fruit
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Does anyone have any tips on removing thorns from Chain fruit cholla buds? Any recipes?
Thanks,
Hoski
Read more…From Mother Earth News November/December 1980
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/1980-11-
Read more…Does anyone know if this is something we can grow here in the desert? If so, how difficult is it to harvest. My husbands family loves to cook with it in soups and I thought I might try to grow it but I am having trouble finding much information on
Read more…I'm curious what experience there is regarding the growing of our native Soapberry tree? According to the fact sheet put out by the US Forest Service, it looks like an excellent urban tree for use in the Phoenix area http://hort.ufl.edu/trees/SAPDRU
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Perennial in warmer parts of the hot and humid zone, or perennial with protection. Most of these species can also be grown as annuals in the colder parts of this zone.
*Abelmoschus manihot, edible hibiscus (as dieback perennial
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Hot and Humid: The Southeast: this warm band extends from eastern Teas though the coastal Carolinas. This region corresponds with USCA Zones 8-9 and Sunset Zones 26-28 and 31
Perennial in all of the hot and humid zone:
*Allium
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