Down 2 Earth Gardens

03/09/2025

Such a beautiful bouquet of flowers directly from my yard. Some of them are from annual plants and some are from herbs and others are flowers grow in the garden. And look how it matches my new glasses and my necklace!

03/09/2025

Nice hall from the garden this morning

10/04/2024

The last of the summer harvest. Yes summer we grow squash in the summertime here. This is butternut squash and a few cantaloupe. And that is a fig tree that I started from a cutting I got from a Neighbor. it’s coming along very well. What are you growing and harvesting from your garden this time of year?

10/02/2024

Every fall the queens wreath blooms. That’s how I know we are getting seasonal changes. Even though we are still over 100° during the day, the evenings are dipping low enough so this beautiful plant to start blowing.

09/23/2024

I just loved helping my client put these beautiful pots together. She had the pots and I had the plants. The tall plant is called the fire stick and once it gets cooler here in Phoenix, the tips of that plant will get bright orange which is why it’s called the fire stick. The other plants in the pot are aloe and elephants food, which will fill out the pot and make it look much fuller as time goes on.

I can do this for you as well. Just let me know if you need some pots filled plants. We can decide on the plants that work best for the location of your pots. 

09/15/2024

Orange, Arizona Sweet* - #15-*One of Greg's favorite trees! The Arizona Sweet is especially popular in the Salt River Valley due to its productivity.

09/13/2024

Do you live in the Phoenix area and grow fruit trees? Take this class!

The long term health of fruit trees in our extreme desert climate depends on three aspects of loving and caring for your fruit tree: Planting, watering, and applying fertilizers at the right times. Plants need to eat and drink daily just like we do, so fertilizing them once a year just isn’t enoug...

09/04/2024

My backyard garden is still flourishing. Still providing me with butternut squash and cantaloupe. It is amazing.

09/01/2024

08/31/2024

Oh my! The squash plants have certainly taken off!!

08/25/2024