Borrego Springs Desert Gardener

The time has come, the lizard said, to talk of many things...of carrots, beets and rainbow chard...of peas and beans and raptor wings...why the sand is burning hot and why Borrego sings!

Friday, December 21, 2012

Next time, throw away the jars!

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WOW! If you think I've been on a long vacation, you are only partly right...This sudden hiatus occurred last summer when I crashed on...

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Cercidium

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The name, palo verde, is Spanish in origin, translating to "green pole or green stick". Historically, native people gathered the...

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Sonoran Palo Verde

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Of the three species in our garden, our favorite is Parkinsonia praecox ( formerly, Cersidium praecox and also called Palo Brea or Foothill...

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Blue Palo Verde

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Cercidium floridium, the blue palo verde, a true native to our desert, Baja and Arizona, is an abundant giant in the Borrego region. This tr...

Sunday, September 2, 2012

The Mexican Palo Verde

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The Mexican Palo Verde, which is a medium size brownish trunked, thinner crowned tree, in comparison to the others. C. parkinsonia, is nati...

Thursday, August 30, 2012

An Afternoon Downpour

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What a month! Four free softwater car washes...this afternoon, in under one hour, 1.2 iches of rain fell. I'll bet many Borregans are d...

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Part One, Cercidium or Palo Verde Trees

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Cercidium...The Palo Verde Trees Growing outside the walls in our desert garden are three different types of Palo Verde trees. Why "ou...

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JGP: borrego springs, california, United States; A 20 year Borrego resident, I gleaned most of my low desert knowledge through trial and error ( still in that mode ). Learned about native plants while working as a Volunteeer at Anza Borrego Desert State Park and for ABDNHA. I just LOVE desert gardening because it offers so many surprises...Like the time I planted peas and found little holes the next morning...every pea had been lugged away by some tiny critter! Bird nests appear as if by magic in my garden...desert helpers, gobbling up insects and pollinating for me. I believe in organic gardening and stay away from insecticides. Use mucho mulch and TLC. Am rewarded every day by seeing something new in this miraculous place!

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