Your videos have changed my entire life. I can’t even tell you how inspirational and beneficial you sharing your garden has been for my family and I’m sure so many others. I’m also in zone 9b, so I follow your tips and videos religiously! They’re always so thought out and thorough! I hope you never stop posting
I'm a newbie to both gardening and Arizona. Thanks for this easy to understand and follow guide. Eager to get started now that you've lowered my anxiety!
your content is so concise and so informing!!! im saving all of your videos so i end up wasting less soil, seed, time, and tears(unless i can water plants with them...) in my yard! Thank you so much!
Thank you. I just came across your channel looking for some info about gardenining in drier areas. I am from Somalia and thank you for your videos. I am learning alot from you.
the heat always obliterates my garden, the fact you have anything over the summer is incredible, i gotta follow along in these coming months as it cools off!
New to AZ gardening. For now it's storage containers for my planters. Never gardened in Az and your video is perfect. In KY it was simple but Az gardening here in Mesa is a whole new ballgame... er... garden! Thank you.
Just found your channel from searching In garden worm compost. It's funny we watched the same video that sparked the idea from AZ Worm farm. This is my first year gardening in AZ...I'm a new transplant (pun intended 😄) from Zone 5 Michigan. It's been a challenge and learning experience to say the least. Having a brand new yard meant not having existing flowers that would attract pollinators. I just realized that my favorite Asian vegetable to grow on my FOOLPROOF Earthbox garden, bittermelons are not self pollinating unlike my other fave eggplant. They grew then they just died from the heat and flowers just falling off from no bees. Just transferred my worms outside from my indoor Wormfarm 360 box. Hope they make it. Your garden is to die for!!!! I can only envision it in my dreams. Definitely will watch your video library and take heed from your lessons. Thanks for great contents and teaching us new AZ gardeners. 😍👏
Just the garden video I was waiting for...🥳we've made it to September.... By listening to you I think we seem to have almost the same type of climate in the UAE.. we too are almost transitioning into the cooler weather... Such a relief 🙂😌 can't wait for cooler times... Will you be planting more sunflowers now??? Thanks for the great tips and the super concise but spot on video... 👌💚
It is definitely a relief when the end is in sight. No more sunflowers for now. I'll plant more next spring. Thanks for watching. Enjoy your cooler weather and hello from Arizona.
You are a LIFESAVER. I’m a first time gardener, I got my greenhouse up, I need to get my soil fixed up, I have my seeds ready, and you are the subject matter expert that I turn to!!!!! You are the G.O.A.T 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Love your videos. I would love to buy some I’itoi onion bulbs from you please. I can find them anywhere. If you have a link where to buy them please share the link Thank you so much
Hello just subscribed. I live in Las Vegas Nevada. I see you have shade over your garden. Is there a time you put it up and when do you take it down. How do you handle the winds?
Hi Angela!!! Thank you so much for that link about citrus in containers. Very helpful and interesting. I really like your videos. Take care and be safe.
I love your videos - Your garden looks so lush and cool until at about the 8 minute mark and I could see your hair sticking to your neck...you were pulling off calm cool and collected very well!!😃😃😃
Hey I just began watching your videos and you are amazing!!!!! I live in Buckeye, AZ in an acre lot and we are trying to start a garden. Do you have Ny advice as to when it would be the best time to start from scratch and what the most important thing is to start?
This is a great time to start for sure! I would make an overall plan for your bed placement - this video may help: th-cam.com/video/V2eoq0SqBFg/w-d-xo.html I would also decide where you want your trees and get them planted - the fall is a great time to plant!
It's my first year gardening in Arizona and I've been totally surprised by my findings! It's a truly unique growing situation and your videos have helped me make sense if it. One super interesting thing I've found is that my plants seem to flourish directly in the ground (mulched of course) as opposed to in my Greenstalk or my raised beds, filled with super high quality potting soil. I just have to protect my in ground plants from all the many many things that want to eat them or sit on them. Have you found this to be true as well?
My cantaloupe is crawling all over the place, but not really blooming. We planted about 2 months ago. Not sure how long it takes to produce blooms and fruit.
Should have blooms soon. Look for male and female blossoms - hand pollinate if needed. th-cam.com/video/8EQPDoBfjWg/w-d-xo.html&lc=Ugza1wsRSOYp85PH8SN4AaABAg
Lovely video as always! Thank you for all the useful information! So nice it's finally cooling off even if it is just a little bit. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question about preparing my garden bed. I have removed some exhausted summer plants and there is a layer of dry leaves and stems on top of the bed. I know some gardeners recommend leaving those to decompose naturally like mulch. Before I add a layer of fresh compost, should I remove those first, add the compost and then put them back on top, or should I just remove them completely? I don't do compost, not yet, so I won't be composting them.
We're in the west valley - is it too late to for the Roselle Hibiscus transplants I planted a week ago? They're still small with the seed leaves and some new leaves forming. Also, I really appreciate your website and youtube channel! Thanks for that!
Hi Angela, it still seems to be a litter hotter now in October than usual. Do you wait to plant your lettuce and other leafy greens when it gets a littler cooler? If you do, what temps do you look for?
Unfortunately most everything did bad. Corn shut, birds eating seeds, or nipped off baby plants, sun killed okra, and beans never put out. I've got 1 bean plant left, maybe it will take off. Sun killed my squash too. I'm hoping I will get pumpkins, and tomatoes. My peppers got fried too. Its been a very disappointing year. I sure need help.
Hi there! Thanks so much for all your tips/inspiration! I just bought the beautiful purple beans you grow. Is it a bean I can plant from seed this month? Thx! :)
If you live here in the low desert, it’s a little late to plant them. You can plant a couple and give it a try if you want to. But normally plant by May for the largest vines, etc.
I did the same, I planted them about a week ago, and all of them have come up. Hopefully they’ll produce? Idk, but another stupid heatwave is incoming and Idk how I’ll protect them in these raised garden beds, considering the relation with the shade cloth and the sun, they’re probably gonna suffer, unless I protect them with umbrellas.
I HAVE POCKET GOPHERS ....! It’s very disappointing to plant beautiful annuals and perennials when they’re eaten days after I’ve planted them. It’s a smorgasbord at this residence. What can I do to get rid of them? Or gopher proof what I’m planting?
That is so frustrating. I'm sorry. I haven't dealt with that before. I've heard of others lining beds with chicken wire, etc., and building enclosures around the plantings.Best of luck to you.
Hi could you share how to get transplant out? I started tomatoes, beans and cucs, tried to aclimate them but they hated the heat! and died! so I have not been able to get anything in the garden, also do you start your plants as seed in the garden? or do you transplant? I get sun from all areas, no shade, I tried some shade cloth but did not work, I have lost 2 peach trees and an apple that I had under shade are, they just burned!
I plant tomato transplants in the evening so they have time to settle in overnight and give them shade if they are in full afternoon sun. Beans and cucumbers do best started directly from seed. Here's a video that might be helpful: th-cam.com/video/GUZiVNE0WO4/w-d-xo.html Concentrate on planting trees in the right location (find a spot with afternoon shade if they need it) and deep regular watering for your trees in the future.
Hi Angela, I went online to order garlic and most were sold out. I ordered from Gurney’s but paid $16 for three heads of garlic, not including tax or shipping. That seems way too much. Who do you recommend for next years order? Also, what variety do you plant? Thank you so much for your advice! Rick
Hi Rick, www.madrivergarlicgrowers.com/store/c3/SOFTNECKS.html they still have some. That's where I ordered mine this year. Give them a try. Look for softneck varieties. Most softnecks do well here. I always seem to plant Inchelium Red Garlic and a few others.
Morning. It's available in my online shop: growinginthegarden.bigcartel.com/products You can also purchase it locally at Arizona Worm Farm in Phoenix and Inspire Farms in Mesa.
Water long enough so the water penetrates to a depth of three feet. That will be different for each watering system. If the tree has a well around it that may mean filling it up a time or two and letting it seep in. A drip system may need to water for an hour 2-3 times. Bubblers would run for much less time. Hope that helps.
I don't add dirt or topsoil to my beds. I use a mixture of compost, peat moss or coconut coir and vermiculite. If you buy a bag of potting soil it usually has a combination of those (or similar) ingredients as well.
Here's what has helped me (they are a big problem in my garden too) Good garden sanitation; handpick; beer traps; citrus traps; board traps; diatomaceous earth; neem oil.
I've grown the Texas super sweet onions from Dixondale Farms. They are a short day and grow well here. Sweet onions don't store as long as other types.
Your videos have changed my entire life. I can’t even tell you how inspirational and beneficial you sharing your garden has been for my family and I’m sure so many others. I’m also in zone 9b, so I follow your tips and videos religiously! They’re always so thought out and thorough! I hope you never stop posting
You are so kind. Thank you. Best of luck to you and thank you for the encouragement!
I'm a newbie to both gardening and Arizona. Thanks for this easy to understand and follow guide. Eager to get started now that you've lowered my anxiety!
Where has this channel been all my life! Yes! I'm going to go devour all of your older videos!!!!
Ha! Thanks for watching. I'm glad it's helpful. Best of luck with your garden.
I love garden I live in the Mesa AZ. This summer heat to long, thank you for share.
Glad it's helpful. I'm ready for the cooler weather too!
Just found you. This is very well done and please keep this up for us novice gardeners! Thanks a ton!
Thank you! Will do!
Thank You for the awesome info!! Fellow Gardener out of Peoria, AZ!
Wishing You and your Garden Blessings, and Good Vibes! 😎😇
Hi from Mesa, thanks for watching!
You are my favorite AZ Master Gardener. Thank you!
That's kind of you to say, thanks for watching.
your content is so concise and so informing!!! im saving all of your videos so i end up wasting less soil, seed, time, and tears(unless i can water plants with them...) in my yard! Thank you so much!
So nice of you. I'm glad the information is helpful. Thanks for watching.
Thank you. I just came across your channel looking for some info about gardenining in drier areas. I am from Somalia and thank you for your videos. I am learning alot from you.
Your videos honestly saved my garden from the ridiculous summer heat! Thank thank thank you!!
I can't wait for the cooler months 😭
Thank you! I'm with you, getting excited for fall!
the heat always obliterates my garden, the fact you have anything over the summer is incredible, i gotta follow along in these coming months as it cools off!
I cant wait to plant in Arizona in September! Thanks for the awesome vids!
Good luck! Thanks for watching.
Nicest and most helpful lady right there :)
So much informative.Beautiful garden with the lady bug in so beautiful dressing really looking so awasom and beautifull. Stay blessd
I really look forward to your monthly videos on what to do in that month!!!
Thank you! Have a great month!
New to AZ gardening. For now it's storage containers for my planters. Never gardened in Az and your video is perfect. In KY it was simple but Az gardening here in Mesa is a whole new ballgame... er... garden! Thank you.
Welcome to Arizona! Best of luck to you!
Just found your channel from searching In garden worm compost. It's funny we watched the same video that sparked the idea from AZ Worm farm. This is my first year gardening in AZ...I'm a new transplant (pun intended 😄) from Zone 5 Michigan. It's been a challenge and learning experience to say the least. Having a brand new yard meant not having existing flowers that would attract pollinators. I just realized that my favorite Asian vegetable to grow on my FOOLPROOF Earthbox garden, bittermelons are not self pollinating unlike my other fave eggplant. They grew then they just died from the heat and flowers just falling off from no bees.
Just transferred my worms outside from my indoor Wormfarm 360 box. Hope they make it.
Your garden is to die for!!!! I can only envision it in my dreams. Definitely will watch your video library and take heed from your lessons.
Thanks for great contents and teaching us new AZ gardeners. 😍👏
Best of luck to you, thanks for watching!
Just the garden video I was waiting for...🥳we've made it to September....
By listening to you I think we seem to have almost the same type of climate in the UAE.. we too are almost transitioning into the cooler weather... Such a relief 🙂😌 can't wait for cooler times...
Will you be planting more sunflowers now???
Thanks for the great tips and the super concise but spot on video... 👌💚
It is definitely a relief when the end is in sight. No more sunflowers for now. I'll plant more next spring. Thanks for watching. Enjoy your cooler weather and hello from Arizona.
So happy to have found your channel. Thanks!
You're welcome. Thanks for watching!
No dislike! How beautiful anyone can imagine😁😍
Thank you!
Good morning fellow Arizonan. Lots of good info, thank you.
Morning! Thanks for watching.
I love all the valuable info you provide📝I’m excited for my first fall garden in Mesa AZ.🌸🌿🌱🌹🌻
You're welcome, thanks for watching. Best of luck with your first garden.
This is perfect. Thank you. I want to plant some trees in our backyard to get some shade before next summer. Our backyard is a horrendous hot box.
Sounds like a good idea. The fall is a great time to plant. Thanks for watching.
I wish somebody would start a channel like this for my area!! So wonderfully helpful for beginners 🤩
Thanks, each area has different challenges for sure.
You are a LIFESAVER. I’m a first time gardener, I got my greenhouse up, I need to get my soil fixed up, I have my seeds ready, and you are the subject matter expert that I turn to!!!!! You are the G.O.A.T 🖤🖤🖤🖤
Thanks so much! I'm glad the information is helpful. Best of luck with your efforts.
Such a great video!
Your channel is so useful. Timing has been my worst issue in AZ. Thank you!
Happy to help!
How in the world do your plants not get sun scorched?! Everything I plant outside in Aug/September gets absolutely hammered.
Nice review! Thanks for posting. Taking notes for my garden!
Any time! Thanks for watching.
😲I didn't know so much stuff could be grown. It's my first year trying to grow stuff. 😁I'm now more determined
Start small and learn as you go. Best of luck to you!
Love your videos. I would love to buy some I’itoi onion bulbs from you please. I can find them anywhere. If you have a link where to buy them please share the link
Thank you so much
Beautiful and informative video! Thank you!
You are so welcome! Thanks for watching.
Hello just subscribed. I live in Las Vegas Nevada. I see you have shade over your garden. Is there a time you put it up and when do you take it down. How do you handle the winds?
Love your site!
Thank you!
Hi Angela!!! Thank you so much for that link about citrus in containers. Very helpful and interesting. I really like your videos. Take care and be safe.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much or sharing
Thank you for all your help!
You're very welcome!
I love your videos - Your garden looks so lush and cool until at about the 8 minute mark and I could see your hair sticking to your neck...you were pulling off calm cool and collected very well!!😃😃😃
Ha! Filming videos in the summer is the worst.... thanks for noticing :)
This is great information. Thank you 😊
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Hey I just began watching your videos and you are amazing!!!!! I live in Buckeye, AZ in an acre lot and we are trying to start a garden. Do you have Ny advice as to when it would be the best time to start from scratch and what the most important thing is to start?
This is a great time to start for sure! I would make an overall plan for your bed placement - this video may help: th-cam.com/video/V2eoq0SqBFg/w-d-xo.html I would also decide where you want your trees and get them planted - the fall is a great time to plant!
awesome video! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Thank you thank you thank you for this!
You're welcome, thanks for watching.
Hi great video! Where do you get your wood chips? I’m in AZ. Thanks! 🌺
Arizona Worm Farm
It's my first year gardening in Arizona and I've been totally surprised by my findings! It's a truly unique growing situation and your videos have helped me make sense if it. One super interesting thing I've found is that my plants seem to flourish directly in the ground (mulched of course) as opposed to in my Greenstalk or my raised beds, filled with super high quality potting soil. I just have to protect my in ground plants from all the many many things that want to eat them or sit on them. Have you found this to be true as well?
I've had the best luck with raised beds in my area. So glad you are finding what works for you.
My cantaloupe is crawling all over the place, but not really blooming. We planted about 2 months ago. Not sure how long it takes to produce blooms and fruit.
Should have blooms soon. Look for male and female blossoms - hand pollinate if needed. th-cam.com/video/8EQPDoBfjWg/w-d-xo.html&lc=Ugza1wsRSOYp85PH8SN4AaABAg
Lovely video as always! Thank you for all the useful information! So nice it's finally cooling off even if it is just a little bit. I hope you don't mind if I ask you a question about preparing my garden bed. I have removed some exhausted summer plants and there is a layer of dry leaves and stems on top of the bed. I know some gardeners recommend leaving those to decompose naturally like mulch. Before I add a layer of fresh compost, should I remove those first, add the compost and then put them back on top, or should I just remove them completely? I don't do compost, not yet, so I won't be composting them.
Sure, I don't see a problem leaving them in place. It adds more organic matter. Thanks for watching.
@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you so much! I look forward to your garden videos.
Very helpful video!!! What zone are you in?
Zone 9b
We're in the west valley - is it too late to for the Roselle Hibiscus transplants I planted a week ago? They're still small with the seed leaves and some new leaves forming. Also, I really appreciate your website and youtube channel! Thanks for that!
No, not too late, you will just have a smaller harvest. Start earlier next year if you can. Thanks for your support.
my tomatoes all died but are still on the grown do i have to remove them? and start again?
Hi Angela, it still seems to be a litter hotter now in October than usual. Do you wait to plant your lettuce and other leafy greens when it gets a littler cooler? If you do, what temps do you look for?
I planted lettuce this weekend in an area that gets a lot of shade. I like nighttime temps to be around 70°F (21°C)
Thank you! I'm really enjoying any day under 100°F now. Whew, what a summer!@@GrowingInTheGarden
The winter is the one time I (we) can skate in the yard and not have to worry about my planets getting stomped!
Nice! Sounds like fun.
Where are your trellises from? They’re beautiful
Two Brothers Metal Works th-cam.com/video/bYxpgkHQvYc/w-d-xo.html
Are you in AZ ? Your garden looks so green.
Yes, Mesa, AZ.
Can you please let me know when can we sow/plant these ?
1. Crossandra flower seeds
2. Daisy seeds
3. Blue pea flowers
4. Hibiscus Hirtus
This article may help: growinginthegarden.com/arizona-annual-flowers-visual-guide/
@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you so much.
Unfortunately most everything did bad. Corn shut, birds eating seeds, or nipped off baby plants, sun killed okra, and beans never put out. I've got 1 bean plant left, maybe it will take off. Sun killed my squash too. I'm hoping I will get pumpkins, and tomatoes. My peppers got fried too. Its been a very disappointing year. I sure need help.
I'm so sorry. I saw yesterday we are over 50 days of 110 plus temps. It has been a hot summer for sure. Best of luck to you going forward.
same 🙋♀️ I live in yuma and all my plants die 😭 and still hot as hell.
Do you do a Fall garden tour?
I just filmed one and will hopefully get it posted tomorrow. :)
Hi there! Thanks so much for all your tips/inspiration! I just bought the beautiful purple beans you grow. Is it a bean I can plant from seed this month? Thx! :)
If you live here in the low desert, it’s a little late to plant them. You can plant a couple and give it a try if you want to. But normally plant by May for the largest vines, etc.
I did the same, I planted them about a week ago, and all of them have come up. Hopefully they’ll produce? Idk, but another stupid heatwave is incoming and Idk how I’ll protect them in these raised garden beds, considering the relation with the shade cloth and the sun, they’re probably gonna suffer, unless I protect them with umbrellas.
@@danielwalker2381 they don't mind the heat.
I HAVE POCKET GOPHERS ....!
It’s very disappointing to plant beautiful annuals and perennials when they’re eaten days after I’ve planted them. It’s a smorgasbord at this residence.
What can I do to get rid of them?
Or gopher proof what I’m planting?
That is so frustrating. I'm sorry. I haven't dealt with that before. I've heard of others lining beds with chicken wire, etc., and building enclosures around the plantings.Best of luck to you.
Hi could you share how to get transplant out? I started tomatoes, beans and cucs, tried to aclimate them but they
hated the heat! and died! so I have not been able to get anything in the garden, also do you start your plants as seed in the garden? or do you transplant? I get sun from all areas, no shade, I tried some shade cloth but did not work, I have lost 2 peach trees and an apple that I had under shade are, they just burned!
I plant tomato transplants in the evening so they have time to settle in overnight and give them shade if they are in full afternoon sun. Beans and cucumbers do best started directly from seed. Here's a video that might be helpful: th-cam.com/video/GUZiVNE0WO4/w-d-xo.html Concentrate on planting trees in the right location (find a spot with afternoon shade if they need it) and deep regular watering for your trees in the future.
Hi Angela, I went online to order garlic and most were sold out. I ordered from Gurney’s but paid $16 for three heads of garlic, not including tax or shipping. That seems way too much. Who do you recommend for next years order? Also, what variety do you plant? Thank you so much for your advice!
Rick
Hi Rick, www.madrivergarlicgrowers.com/store/c3/SOFTNECKS.html they still have some. That's where I ordered mine this year. Give them a try. Look for softneck varieties. Most softnecks do well here. I always seem to plant Inchelium Red Garlic and a few others.
Growing In The Garden Thank you!
Does your garden make a big impact on the water bill? I would like to start gardening but I'm worried about the bills haha
It does add to the bill, especially during the warmer months when the garden often needs watering every day.
Hi! Should we still plant all of the regular September seeds even though it's not under 100 degrees during the day consistently yet? Thanks!
I'm waiting a bit longer to plant out my cool season seeds and transplants. It's been such a hot year!
@@GrowingInTheGarden Ok, me too! Thanks for confirming!
Angela good morning, how can I get your planting calendar?
Morning. It's available in my online shop: growinginthegarden.bigcartel.com/products You can also purchase it locally at Arizona Worm Farm in Phoenix and Inspire Farms in Mesa.
@@GrowingInTheGarden thank you for sure I will stop by in the mesa location thanks again so much to learn from you
Does anyone know where I can pickup any compost or mulch in bulk here in the Mesa area?
I get mine from Arizona Worm Farm. They have it bagged, ready for bulk pick up, and delivery. It's the best compost in town. :)
Great vid. Where can I get good soil in Phoenix?
Arizona Worm Farm is the best. I worked with them to make a raised bed mix.
@@GrowingInTheGarden .
Awesome. I appreciate the info.
Love your videos. Short and to the point, filled with great info. 😊🥬🌸🥦🥕
So what do you consider is a "deep" drink? 10 min, 30 minutes?
Water long enough so the water penetrates to a depth of three feet. That will be different for each watering system. If the tree has a well around it that may mean filling it up a time or two and letting it seep in. A drip system may need to water for an hour 2-3 times. Bubblers would run for much less time. Hope that helps.
@@GrowingInTheGarden Thank you!
Hi Angela, if buying a bag if compose or potting soil, do I need to add dirt or topsoil to the mix?
I don't add dirt or topsoil to my beds. I use a mixture of compost, peat moss or coconut coir and vermiculite. If you buy a bag of potting soil it usually has a combination of those (or similar) ingredients as well.
@@GrowingInTheGarden Great info. I appreciate your time in answering my question.
How about zone 6 is the same thing?
No, probably not. I'm zone 9b
Pill bugs are eating all my seedlings. Is there an organic option for them?
Here's what has helped me (they are a big problem in my garden too) Good garden sanitation; handpick; beer traps; citrus traps; board traps; diatomaceous earth; neem oil.
Hi Angela, Have you grown sweet onions like vidilia?
I've grown the Texas super sweet onions from Dixondale Farms. They are a short day and grow well here. Sweet onions don't store as long as other types.
Growing In The Garden I know but they are the only kind I ca eat raw....sensitive tummy. Thanks much, again
Where is the low desert in Arizona? Is Tucson in the low desert?
Metro Phoenix and surrounding area. Tucson is technically intermediate desert.
@@GrowingInTheGarden
Thank you.
Is it easier to grow in low desert or intermediate desert?
Thank you.
Do you too off your asparagus beds? If you do, do you pull the crowns up so they aren't burried too deep?
I add compost other times of the year. I don't usually unbury the crowns after I cover them with compost. Right now I just let them grow wild.
What is your planting zone ?
Zone 9b
Hii :) I live in Arizona, is it too late to put seeds in the ground?
Hi. Depends on which types of seeds. It's the right time to plant a lot of different seeds.
Oh, it looks like she has the same info on her blog. 😁
I live in az just planted corn and okra and squash and there piping up already so start your garden now
A Little HOT!
RIght? Hottest year ever. Ready for the cool weather for sure.
The 1 dislike is from a Hillary Clinton supporter
Ha! Can't please everyone 😉
Not relevant to the garden
I can't start sowing seeds in September or even October it's still over 105 degree in my zone 🫠