Arizona's Bee Bliss Garden at 1200 Feet: On making Earth.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

On making Earth.

While doing my kitchen duties...I realized out in my yard in the compost bin...I am making earth...

This earth will feed my family, nurture the earth that I own (yet I know I do not own it.
I am a steward of the earth I tend As I am a steward of the children I raise, a friend to the man I love and walk with through this life.

I am making earth.

Does anyone else stop and think of how profound what we as gardeners pull life up and out of... see it?
To me it is like an honor to toil in the earth. See the seed emerge and flourish under our educated eye. What effort to understand and gain the knowledge to do so.

Next time I do cabbage I will understand her need. As I have began to understand my own needs. How seldom I stop to tend to the earth of mine own being. How to make it thrive. It is the garden that I live in that I so seldom attend too.

What an honor it is to tend to life.

2 comments:

DeniseMay 14, 2009 at 5:41 PM
What a beautiful thought.. You are sooooooo right.. I tend to my flowers and my watermelon and squash and tomatoes with tender loving care.. BUT I leave my life to tend to it's self and most often it crashes till I pay it some attention... You are beautiful.......
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DeniseMay 18, 2009 at 3:23 PM
I need to take pictures of MY garden..... It is growing! Fancy that!
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Someone bless these seeds I sow...

2010 fall/winter food garden

Moon Planting Rule
New Moon To Full Moon:	Sow, Transplant, bud and graft.
Full Moon To New Moon:	Plow, Cultivate, weed and reap.
New Moon To First Quarter:	Good for Planting above-ground crops with outside seeds, flowering annuals.
First Quarter To Full Moon:	Good for planting above ground crops with inside seeds.
Full Moon To Last Quarter:	Good for planting root crops, bulbs, biennials, and perennials.
Last Quarter To New Moon:	Do Not Plant

basil self seeded died
bok choy 11/6 fail
beet 11/6 fail due to too much shade
broccoli Oct. flourished
cabbage Chinese 11/6 yet to see
cabbage heed 11/6 three growing
carrots 3 types 10/25 too much shade?
cauliflower 11/6 three growing
cucumber Japanese burp-less 9/15 failed
Lettuce 3 types 10/15 and 11/6 flourished
corn salad 11/6 little here and there
peas 2 types shelling 9/25, 10/15 eaten by ?
snap peas 9/25,10/15 eaten by?
summer savory 11/6 flourished
rosemary 1009 flourishing
Nasturtiums 11/5 thriving
borage self seeded from last year thriving
catnip 11/6 ?
celery 11/6 ?
chives 11/6 flourishing
cumin 11/6 ?
kale 11/6 failed
luffa 11/6 ?
green onions scallions Tokyo tall whites 11/6 good
parsley Sept and Oct (remember to soak overnight) fantastic crop
Radish 3 types 10/10, 10/25 so so
spinach 11/6 over powered by rabb
strawberries Sept three left pot is no good
Swiss chard 11/6 failed
tomato self seeded ? thriving
sage Oct. thriving
Hyssop (anis) ?
Orchid tree seeds

Yet to plant
turnip
parsnip

Fruit for the wish list

Lady Banks Yellow or Mexican Red flame vine
for west facing arbor
Lady banks White
for south face

PLUM TREE that does well here
is a SANTA ANNA
self pollinating
Anna Apple does best here
Navel Orange on wish list plant large slow growers
Lemon? eureka is an all year fruiting type
Pomegranate Planted spring 2010
Boysenberry
Blueberry is a bush variety The most commonly grown blueberry varieties are Highbush (Vaccinium corymbosum), which are hardy to zones 3 through 8. Other commonly grown types are Southern Highbush (V. corymbosum x V. darrowi) which are hybrids adapted to the warmer regions as they require less chilling time to flower and fruit,
Grapes hardiness zone 7)

'Mars' – Mars is a blue, seedless table grape with labrusca flavor similar to Concord grapes. Compact clusters of mid-sized berries are ready to harvest mid-season or sometime in late August. It's a slipskin, which means the outer skin is easy to remove from the pulp. It is highly disease resistant, but may require a certain amount of spraying. Very vigorous.

'Sunbelt' - This is a selection of Concord that is recommended for warm climate gardens because of its ability to ripen evenly in hot weather. Plus it is highly resistant to fungal diseases such as powdery mildew and downy mildew and mildly resistant to black rot and anthracnose. Large, blue, seeded berries in small clusters are ready for harvest mid-season.

'Reliance' – 'Reliance' is a pink, seedless table grape with medium to small berries in medium to large clusters. It is very hardy with moderate resistance to fungal diseases. Very flavorful. It's an early to mid season variety so it might work in areas where summers are short.

Strawberries

'Allstar' - June bearing * exceptionally disease resistant * classic strawberry shape * frost resistant * firm consistency * vigorous grower * extra juicy and sweet * very hardy

'Ozark Beauty' - ever-bearing * heavy early summer and fall crops with sporadic fruits throughout summer * especially productive in cool climates * great for containers * large berries * sweet * heaviest bearer of the ever-bearing varieties

'Cardinal' - June Bearing * recommended for warm climate gardens * disease resistant * extra large, very sweet berries