gardening

Buzzing along…

Thanks to two unusually heavy rains this spring, our bed of hollyhock flowers has exploded into a sea of bright red, pink, pale pink and a very dark red blooms. This is the best year we’ve had for the flowers, which seem to do well in New Mexico’s high-dry climate. If the state had notContinue reading “Buzzing along…”

They may be lightweights, but they’re smarter than me…

With hundreds of pecan trees in and around our neighborhood, we are a squirrel’s Valhalla. Being partially in the country with lots of hiding places and soft dirt to dig, ground squirrels likely outnumber humans in Mesilla Park. And not unexpectedly, they especially like the wood pile in the southeast corner of our yard, acrossContinue reading “They may be lightweights, but they’re smarter than me…”

I’m ready for plant parenthood…

One of the cool things that happens in our neighborhood every spring is the annual plant sale at the New Mexico State University’s Fabian Garcia botanical garden and research center. It’s just a short walk from our house through a nearby pecan orchard. Garcia was a visionary horticulturist at NMSU in the 1900s, noted especiallyContinue reading “I’m ready for plant parenthood…”