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Okay my gardening friends
Can anyone recommend some good books I can start looking at. All the homes we are looking at will need some serious landscaping. I think I read somewhere that some of your stuff you want to plant in the fall so they bloom and will be okay for the spring/summer the following year.
Wouldn't mind just starting to look to see what I need to plan for when I come out. I know I will have lots to do. But I would like to start a new hobby that will be productive for the house and stress relieving at the same time.
Thanks girls!
Re: Okay my gardening friends
Ohh, another gardener buddy!
Do you have a specific type of gardening? Are you looking more into perrenial beds, annual beds or veggie/herb gardens? Or are you just looking right now and deciding what you want to do? Do you think you'll be doing some hardscaping too (patios or decks) or is it all planting?
The one book I recommend to anyone is Sunset Magazine's Western Garden Guide - http://www.amazon.com/Western-Garden-Book-Climate-Experts/dp/0376039167/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1250480589&sr=1-1 . You'll find most places out here reference plants by Sunset's zones. The USDA zone plan only takes lowest temp into account. But out here, the high temp is the one that kills us, So they have their own system. The book is my bible - when do I plant, will it grow here, when do I prune, etc?
I am just an all-around fan of Sunset - www.sunset.com . They have a great series of books on everything garden - rock gardens, veggie gardens, zeric lawns, outdoor kitchens, etc. But I get most of those books from teh library. And I have a subscription since they have an excellent fgarden feature every month.Thier website has tons of garden DIY articles, photos and an awesome plant selector app.
For other books, look at Judith Phillip's books. She's an ABQ native who has several zericscape/SW garden books. I like her New Mexico Garden Guide - http://www.amazon.com/New-Mexico-Gardeners-Guide-Revised/dp/1591861179/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1250481152&sr=1-1 .
I also use the catalogs put out by Plants of the Southwest, Seeds of Change and High Country Gardens a lot.
Hiya Flame!
We will def be expanding that patio (if we get this house we put an offer on) I don't know all the terminology so please bear with me. I would like a lot of flowers, some bushes. I will NEED to provide some type grass patch for the pooch.
The back yard right now is all sand. It will need a lot of work. I want to get started right away. I will check out those books! Thanks!
You put in an offer? Whoo-hoo!
Most of our soils out here are sandy. Luckly, most native or zeric plants can do sandy soil really well.
High COuntry has a good write-up in their catalohg on grasses. I have a local book form teh ABQ Master Gardeners called "From the GroundUp" that also goes into grasses. You can borrow once you get out here.