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Hello! Any recommendations for planting the best shrubs, trees along a cement block wall that spans the backyard? Still not quite sure I have the east/west, north/south pluses and minuses.
148 days ago
Greg Peterson Caitlin, I like to use citrus for that. I'll be placing an order for citrus in the next few months if you want to join in.
On the solar aspect. If your garden is getting full sun from sun up to noon that is a eastern exposure and if it is getting full sun from noon till sundown that is a western exposure. Stand on the north side of a building right next to the building or wall and look north that is northern exposure. U should never see the sun. Southern exposure no matter the time of the year you should see the sun.
Hope this helps. Greg147 days ago -
I looked at the planting calendar and it doesnt pertain to me. I dont live in a low desert area. I am in Washington State. Any tips on where I can get information for my area?
213 days ago
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Just moved to west Phoenix. This will be my first real veggie garden since arriving in Valley of the Sun six years ago. We have a large back yard now (all gravel). I have a nice sunny spot and have been making compost since we moved here in March. I want to put in raised beds. What kind of soil should I get and will I have to lime it? Thanks.
214 days ago
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Rachel - hence the problem with some nurseries. THey have something to sell you and right time of year or not they are going to sell it to you. Onions and garlic you plant in the fall and let them grow through the winter. Please go to the main page of this site and download the planting calendar. It tells you what to plant when. Sorry they told you wrong on the planting. Come back here for the correct info.
214 days ago
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So Im new to this whole gardening thing and this year I had a bit of trouble. I planted my onions and garlic in early may since I was told I could do so by the nursery I had purchased them from. When I went to harvest them a few days ago, they came out of the ground rotten. Everything above ground was nice. There were great pretty green stalks that came up and everything but underground nothing happened. They were all pretty much the same size that I had planted and mushy and rotten. Any ideas where I went wrong?
215 days ago
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Where are the bees? My squash and honeydew melon blossoms are starting to open and I don't see any bees buzzing around them like I did last year. Could the bad freeze we had this winter be the cause???
286 days ago
Hello! Any recommendations for planting the best shrubs, trees along a cement block wall that spans the backyard? Still not quite sure I have the east/west, north/south pluses and minuses.
Greg Peterson on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 05:22
Greg Peterson on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 05:22Caitlin, I like to use citrus for that. I'll be placing an order for citrus in the next few months if you want to join in.
On the solar aspect. If your garden is getting full sun from sun up to noon that is a eastern exposure and if it is getting full sun from noon till sundown that is a western exposure. Stand on the north side of a building right next to the building or wall and look north that is northern exposure. U should never see the sun. Southern exposure no matter the time of the year you should see the sun.
Hope this helps. Greg
148 days ago
I looked at the planting calendar and it doesnt pertain to me. I dont live in a low desert area. I am in Washington State. Any tips on where I can get information for my area?
DesertNissi on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:39DesertNissi on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:54
DesertNissi on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:39Rachel - I did a search and found this website - it might be helpful. http://gardening.wsu.edu/text/calen.htm
DesertNissi on Wednesday, 27 July 2011 14:54Actually - this might be better: http://www.gardenguides.com/107466-vegetable-planting-washington-state.html
213 days ago
Just moved to west Phoenix. This will be my first real veggie garden since arriving in Valley of the Sun six years ago. We have a large back yard now (all gravel). I have a nice sunny spot and have been making compost since we moved here in March. I want to put in raised beds. What kind of soil should I get and will I have to lime it? Thanks.
214 days ago
Greg-Thank you for the information! I will look at the planting calendar!
214 days ago
Rachel - hence the problem with some nurseries. They have something to sell you, right time of year or not, they are going to sell it to you. Onions and garlic are planted in the fall and you let them grow through the winter. Please go to the main page of UrbanFarm.org and download the planting calendar. It tells you what to plant when. Sorry they gave you the wrong information on planting. Browse through the UrbanFarm.org website and check for many of the upcoming Urban Farm courses. Also if you go to the Courses tab at the top, we have an awesome boot camp starting in a month. See ya at the Urban Farm!
214 days ago
So Im new to this whole gardening thing and this year I had a bit of trouble. I planted my onions and garlic in early may since I was told I could do so by the nursery I had purchased them from. When I went to harvest them a few days ago, they came out of the ground rotten. Everything above ground was nice. There were great pretty green stalks that came up and everything but underground nothing happened. They were all pretty much the same size that I had planted and mushy and rotten. Any ideas where I went wrong?
215 days ago
Where are the bees? My squash and honeydew melon blossoms are starting to open and I don't see any bees buzzing around them like I did last year. Could the bad freeze we had this winter be the cause???
286 days ago
