Mark Johnson posted: " The longer, hotter summer of 2023 in the Valley of the Sun claimed countless trees and plants--not to mention hundreds of human lives. Now that November has settled in, we are reminded that cooler mornings and evenings--with warm, sunny afternoons san" Mark Johnson Stories
The longer, hotter summer of 2023 in the Valley of the Sun claimed countless trees and plants--not to mention hundreds of human lives.
Now that November has settled in, we are reminded that cooler mornings and evenings--with warm, sunny afternoons sandwiched in between--actually exist in central Arizona from October through May. This is why we live here.
Unlike most of the United States, fall is a time of renewal in the Sonoran Desert. It is more like spring with an autumnal twist--minus the crunch of rotting leaves underfoot.
We desert rats can now focus on revitalizing our gardens and spirits. Perhaps a Barbara Karst or Torch Glow bougainvillea here--or a crested cactus there--to dress up the back patio in time for Thanksgiving.
Whatever your potting preference, it is growing season despite the advancing darkness. While old plants and trees lick their wounds, new ones pose with the promise of buds to endure winter--a foreign concept for most of the Northern Hemisphere reconciled to the shiver of ice and cold.
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