by Kelli Donley | Apr 1, 2015 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
Check out this garden box: I think we are going to have enough squash to feed an army. And mercifully, the leaves have grown so large, they are shading the carrots, which could use the help. I’m hoping the baby tomatoes will still make it. The peas are climbing...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 26, 2015 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
Onions Garlic Baby broccoli Beets That broccoli I let go to seed (kinda pretty, really) Leeks, which are not flourishing. I think it’s too warm. Peas and beans climbing the trellis Random...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 16, 2015 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
I spent some time this weekend trying to save the sunshine — preserving broccoli and citrus. Much like the lore I’ve read in garden magazines about folks in the Midwest hiding zucchini in neighbor’s homes and cars to JUST BE RID OF IT...
by Kelli Donley | Mar 11, 2015 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
We’ve been eating out of the garden lately: This recipe for crockpot short ribs is out of this world. Next time I’ll use less sugar and more cayenne — but this one is a keeper. We have more kale and broccoli right now than we can consume (and the...
by Kelli Donley | Feb 27, 2015 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
I know most of the United States is blanketed by snow. But these are the halcyon days of living in the desert — the smug days. The days of glory and sandals and walking around without sweating. And also — the days when things grow outside in the sun....
by Kelli Donley | Feb 24, 2015 | Arizona, Flora and Fauna
The plum trees bloom in the desert. ~K
