Well it's been a busy month. But the big news, drum roll please, the new version of the Landscape Visual Library is now online. With more plants, information and pictures, the LVL is becoming one of the largest catalogs of Desert Southwest plants. May is the month all vegetable gardeners have waited for.
Tomatoes are bursting from the vines, cucumbers, squash, melons, and beans fill our menus.
Amidst all this bounty it would be tempting to sit back and savor the fruits of our labor. Gardening here in the desert has taught me a new tomato growing skill. The plants must be shaded in the late spring to prevent sunburned fruit and an early demise of the vines. And May is when you do it. No matter how many times I remind people of the necessity of this task, someone raises a skeptical eyebrow and closely questions this advice.