Garden journal of a greenhorn gringo in the Chihuahuan desert. Wednesday, June 18, 2008. I have become disinterested in blogging about desert gardening and will not be making further updates this year. I will preserve the content to date and encourage readers interested in gardening in desert climates to explore the blogs and other resources posted on the right. Saturday, March 29, 2008. Only with better writing and photos.

Thursday, September 24, 2009. Designing in the Desert has been nominated for the 2009 Blotanical Award of Best Garden Blog in Arizona. Thank you all so much, who voted so far. Which brings me to another point, the competition. Bwa ha ha ha ha! .

Saturday, July 17, 2010. Is a great resource for any gardener I found a lot of the technical chive details there. Friday, July 16, 2010. One of the staples of any garden should be the Rose. However many gardeners believe that roses are to complicated to grow and make beautiful however it is quite the opposite. This variety is a climbing rose perfect for arbors or fences. Fertilizer is not a neces.

July 13, 2008 by Elaine. Well, actually I moved this blog to Squarespace.

Lost my first agave to these pests today.

Sunday, July 20, 2008. This is how the flowers normally look when not being propped up to be photographed like in the picture above. I give this allium two out of five stars. At first I was worried t.

Monday, July 13, 2009. Our garden is just starting to produce finally! I think that our garden has been slow because of all the rain we have been having and the cool weather, but we will be eating from our garden again in a matter of days! We have some Zuchini and some Papaya pear almost ready to pick and all of our other produce is well on the way too. These squash plants are easily 3 feet tall, have the some of biggest leaves I have seen, and they are producing some large sized fruis too! It was kind o.