What’s Growing On?
Our Weekly Newsletter!!
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Thursday Is Weekly Garden Tip Day-Got Water?
With a few very warm days this week the telephone and emails have been lively with questions about: what’s happening to this plant, how much do I water this, is it too hot for that…..Well it is time to adjust your watering system, hopefully. I say hopefully for a couple of reasons. One, the Harper Boys hope you adjusted your system for cooler weather this winter! So that would mean you need to increase the frequency of your watering now. One of the best tools for determining how and how often to water is the “watering by the numbers” guide put our by AMWUA and “Water Use It Wisely”! Click on the link to our website where you’ll find this brochure or you can pick up a copy FREE at either of our locations.
Other ways to improve your plant’s health and save water are:
- Be sure your sprinkler heads are working properly
- Adjust and or change to low flow sprinkler heads
- Be sure your sprinkler timer is set to correct time and date and the back up battery has been replaced
- Mulch,Mulch,and Mulch some more!
Using bark mulch or organic compost to insulate and keep moisture in the ground longer around your plant is perhaps the single most underused gardening technique here in the valley. Perhaps it is because of the decorative rock nature of our landscapes and folks are hesitant to put “litter” around the base of plants , we’re not sure. If you want better looking plants, less weeds,and you want to use less water, than apply 2-6″ of bark,mulch,clippings…any type of organic material ( it doesn’t have to be composted to use this way) at the base of your plants and I guarantee you’ll see the difference!! This is especially effective around rose bushes, fruit trees, flower beds and vegetable gardens. Low water use plants will benefit also. Go into the desert and see how native plants grow. They are branched clear to the ground and under neath is a layer of “litter” or leaf drop that “mulches” the plants and helps them get through long hot summers! If Mother Nature pruned her desert trees and shrubs off the ground and vacumed away all the leaf litter-I’d venture to say most of even the toughest of these would be severely stressed out by Summers End!
Click on the “Rosie On The House” coupon to save 20% on any Grow Well soil or bark product this weekend!!
Good Growin’ and stay tuned to 92.3fm KTAR Saturday at 8am for more great garden information from the Harper Boys!
Since 1945-Harper’s Home Grown…It’s What We Do & Who We Are!
Winning Wednesday at Harper’s!!
Lindy Wright is our winner of “plant trivia” which we play every Tuesday. She correctly named “Canna Lily” and was the first one to do it so Lindy is now the proud owner of a FREE Canna!
Wednesday is also Ladies and Seniors Day at 
. All ladies and seniors receive 10% OFF on all purchases and receive double loyalty points which earns you a $40 gift card when 400 points are reached!
So if you feel like or winner or not we hope to see you today-In The Garden!
Play Plant Trivia Tuesday-Win A Free Plant!!
We haven’t played in a couple of weeks so I hope you’re not out of practice! Name this how weather blooming beauty and get one free if you’re the first to do so!!
Remember to adjust your watering schedules according to the temperatures and check your irrigation system for leaks, and heads or emitters that are not working properly!!
Good Luck and Good Growin’
