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		<title>Growing Healthy Lawns in Phoenix Desert Landscapes</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/05/growing-healthy-lawns-in-phoenix-desert-landscapes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 07:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a previous post, I mentioned how long it took me to figure out how to grow grass here in Phoenix.  Seems it&#8217;s a lot different than growing grass in Minnesota! It took me a while, but I finally posted a guide to growing good, healthy grass&#8211;even in our hot Phoenix desert!  Turf&#8217;s Up: Growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Beet Goes On:  Harvesting Beets</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 20:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, check out the beets I just harvested from our garden!  I grew these from seed (I planted back in late October, when the nights turn cool here in the Phoenix desert) and am now pulling up these colorful beets.  See the deep purple and red and orange and pink colors?  I got the seeds from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Tip:  How to Find a Smart Landscape Professional</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry so long between posts&#8230;I&#8217;ve been tied up in the garden.  Sigh&#8230;it makes me want to hire a landscape professional! Knowing more about desert gardening means that I want to do more and more.  But if you&#8217;re strapped for time or less than knowledgeable about desert landscape maintenance, you might want to hire the appropriate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Tip:  Get the Right Hat</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 07:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Retail Therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d never been a hat wearer.  But it seems the older I get, the smarter I get.  And now I wear hats when I garden&#8230;a requirement for working  in our desert gardens in the blazing hot Phoenix sun.  I can already hear that thermometer begin its steady climb&#8230;sigh&#8230; Anyway&#8230;hats.  This Adventure Hat from Sunday Afternoon Hats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workwear for Phoenix Gardeners</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d always thought of Duluth Trading Company as my husband&#8217;s workwear store.  They&#8217;re known for their durable and tough workwear made from the same material that wraps around fire hoses.  And their &#8220;crouch without the ouch&#8221; ballroom jeans for men.  (It took me awhile to figure out why they call them &#8220;ballroom&#8221; jeans&#8230;they&#8217;re not for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Tip:  Efficient Watering for Xeriscape Plants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Irrigation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, April 1 came and with it, a no-joke wind that could topple a small tree&#8230;especially a water-starved desert dweller!  We happened to be out at Boyce Thompson Arboretum (must go, must go!) enjoying the spring sights, but a couple of times that wind threatened to blow us off our feet! The wind is right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gardening Tip:  Attracting Bees for Pollination</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/04/gardening-tip-attracting-bees-for-pollination/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 10:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrated Pest Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just this week, there were two more studies out of the UK and France showing that the mystery of the disappearing bees, known as Colony Collapse Disorder, can be linked to a relatively new class of insecticides called neonicotinoids.  This is important because bees are critical to pollinating not only flowers, but many food crops [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Scourge of the Desert:  Mistletoe</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/03/the-scourge-of-the-desert-mistletoe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post, I talked about how plants in the desert fare compared to our watered xeriscape plants in our Greater Phoenix landscapes.  With adequate water, our desert landscape plants thrive while the same plants living in our drought-stricken desert become vulnerable to diseases and pests. Mistletoe is one of those infestations that often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Water Your Cactus&#8230;or Not?</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/03/to-water-cactus-or-not/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cacti & Succulents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was talking the other day with someone who wanted to buy a cactus.  &#8221;Do I have to water it?&#8221;  When I told him yes, he asked why.  I mean, the plants in the desert don&#8217;t get watered unless it rains&#8230;why do I have to water it? Great question!  True, the plants in the desert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring 2012 Plant Sale:  Boyce Thompson Arboretum</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 07:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And while we&#8217;re at it&#8230;the Boyce Thompson Arboretum is having its spring plant sale through March 25, 2012! (I won&#8217;t get into how dang lucky we are to have not one, but TWO major gardens in the Phoenix area! Each offers a completely different, but equally excellent experience.) Anyway, if you&#8217;re into desert gardening, then [...]]]></description>
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