From My Garden to You

Upcoming Class at DBG I am teaching a class on Pollinator Gardening at Desert Botanical Gardens. Monday November 13th 6.30pm - 8.30pm Here's the link :- https://learn.dbg.org/mainstore.asp?cid=1265

Final Post on the Corn So you will probably be glad to know this is the final corn post !! I harvested all the ears last week as various "creatures" had discovered it and were having a very happy time munching away.   My - how those stalks have grown, taller than me now !     Corn Harvest     Lovely ear of corn     "Munched Ear of Corn"   Time now to look for some corn recipes !!   Happy Gardening      

How the corn has grown in a month !! So yesterday I visited the garden plot at SCGC ( Scottsdale Community Garden Club) to see how the corn had grown during my 3 week trip to Europe. As you can see below, it has come on along quite a bit ! The ears are forming nicely.    Probably another week and it will be ready - yum !      The good thing about planting corn in late summer for fall harvesting, is that it does not seem to get the "worms" so much, that often plague spring corn. The "worms" are the larval stage of the Corn Borer - " Helicoverpa zea" - a moth that lays it eggs on the young  plants.   I wonder if this time of planting does not tie in so much with the life cycle of the moth. Anyway, it does seem to not get as many worms - which works for me !!   Another update and harvest time in a week - I hope !   Happy Gardening

😃 Blog Hiatus ! Many of you will have noticed I haven't posted anything for a good month or so. Well.......I moved house and went to Europe for a month. But I am back now and ready to start sharing more gardening stories, photos, recipes and ideas. For now - here are a few photos from England - lovely Autumn flowers and scenes. Arley Hall Gardens, Cheshire Passion Vine flower   My Parent's Garden   Dahlias