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		<title>Holes in Saguaros and Saguaro Boot</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Someone was telling me other day that a friend had filled a hole in their Saguaro cactus with cement.  I wasn&#8217;t sure I&#8217;d heard this right, so I asked him to repeat and&#8230;YES!&#8230;someone had filled a hole in their Saguaro with cement.  Good gravy! So&#8230;holes in Saguaros are mostly put there by birds (sometimes moths) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beware the Jumping Cholla (Cylindropuntia bigelovii)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the Teddy Bear Cholla.  Cylindropuntia bigelovii, as the plant people like to call it.  There are about 25-35 species in the Cylindropuntia family, all of which are native to the Southwest and Northern Mexico and about half of which are threatened and endangered. But this little guy is not cute and cuddly.  Come upon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Field Trip:  New Audubon Center in Phoenix</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starbursts.  I can&#8217;t sow &#8216;em, seed &#8216;em, grow &#8216;em, or weed &#8216;em.  But man, can I eat &#8216;em!  So off topic&#8230; Anyway, I joined a group of Master Gardeners on a field trip to the new Audubon Center down on the Salt River.  (We call it a river, but here&#8230;in the Phoenix desert&#8230;it&#8217;s a placeholder [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real Gardens for Real People 2012</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/02/real-gardens-for-real-people-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Need a little gardening inspiration?  Check out the Real Gardens for Real People tour on Saturday, March 31 from 9:00am to 4:00pm and see beautiful gardens created by local Master Gardeners. This self-guided tour in Northeast Scottsdale features seven themed desert gardens, each landscaped using water-wise, xeriscape principles and unique garden art.  Experts will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chipper/Shredder for Yard and Garden Waste</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/02/chippershredder-for-yard-and-garden-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:23:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It slices!  It dices!  It makes Ron Popeil rub his hands together with glee! I am not entirely certain how I lived without a chipper shredder next to my compost bin.  Worse, I&#8217;m not sure why I spent countless hours (and calluses) cutting my yard waste down to manageable pieces so that they would decompose [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phoenix Edible Gardening Resource:  Extreme Gardening</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 23:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Integrated Pest Management]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I mentioned one of the resources that I use to grow edibles in a previous post.  But this book, Extreme Gardening: How to Grow Organic in the Hostile Deserts, is written specifically for those us of who want to grow delicious and healthy edibles in Phoenix desert. It was written by a guy (The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Ounce of Prevention:  Agave Snout Weevil</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/01/an-ounce-of-prevention-agave-snout-weevil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the horticulturists at the Desert Botanical Garden told me that there are only two chemicals that she uses in her Phoenix desert garden:  glyphosate to kill off Bermuda grass (love that stuff!) and imidacloprid to prevent Agave Snout Weevil infestations. Agave Snout Weevils are sneaky little pests.  The females will burrow into the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adding Browns to Your Compost Pile</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/01/adding-browns-to-your-compost-pile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently talked about compost piles and how to add greens, but without browns&#8230;well, there&#8217;s just no compost.  Or at least healthy, fresh-smelling compost.  And here in the Phoenix desert, good compost is the key to growing great edibles. Brown materials contain the carbon that balances the nitrogen found in green materials.  Dry leaves make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The First Crop of the Season:  Radishes</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/01/the-first-crop-of-the-season-radishes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Giddy!  I just pulled these out of the garden, the first of the season.  They&#8217;re French Breakfast Radishes, and they have a milder taste than the produce section radishes&#8230;less of a bite.  I&#8217;m thinking a good breakfast would include these, some nice cheese, a hearty bread, and a bottle of wine.  I&#8217;d wake up early [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Growing the Best Citrus in Phoenix</title>
		<link>http://xeriscape-today.com/2012/01/tips-for-growing-the-best-citrus-in-phoenix/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janet Moralez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Vegetables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citrus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[citrus clinic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desert]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothin&#8217; beats citrus fresh from the tree and, in Phoenix and low desert areas, now&#8217;s the time when those sweet little gems fall from the tree with nary a touch.  We&#8217;re lucky (and, in a month or two, not so much&#8230;those of you with citrus trees know what I&#8217;m talking about!) to have fresh lemons, [...]]]></description>
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