NGCF: September 2026 Plan to be part of our local Northern Gila County Fair. What in your garden(s) –inside or out – will be blooming, producing, or otherwise just looking its best early September? You might have the most spectacular…
June gardening in Rim Country is water-intensive while we wait for the monsoons to start. Add +/or maintain a 3-inch layer of mulch throughout the garden. Adjust your watering schedule for the summer heat. Establish a twice-weekly harvest schedule to…
PEONIES What’s not to love? Peonies have gorgeous single and double blooms in multi colors, and are highly scented. They are beautiful lush perennials that grow into a 3 foot tall green plant most of year. I put a peony…
Tall Bearded Iris will be one of the highlights of this year’s High Country Garden Club May 4th sale. Choose from multiple varieties! These hardy low-maintenance beauties thrive in Rim country. Except for occasional thinning, snipping spent flowering stems and…
Signs of Rim Country Spring Signs of Rim Country Spring are everywhere across our landscape. California poppy plants are growing in and along our crushed granite driveways and yards, heralding the superbloom to come, already in full display in and on…
April planting. We’re itching to get things started in the garden, but our last Spring frost isn’t for another 6-8 weeks. So, what can we plant? Annuals: After hardening off, plant cool-season light-frost-tolerant annuals: African daisies, baby-blue-eyes, bush violets, English daisies, forget-me-nots,…
Need fruit and vegetable ideas for Rim Country gardening? Use the EWG’s (Environmental Working Group) “Dirty Dozen” list. According to EWG’s 2023 Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce™: “nearly 75 percent of non-organic fresh produce sold in the U.S. contains residues…
RIM COUNTRY is great for gardening! But, it isn’t just like gardening in other places. So, whether you’re new to gardening HERE or are a beginner gardener, here are a few tips: Prepare for critters. We don’t have as many deer…