Preparing Your Compost for Your Winter Garden Composting can help warm your garden in the winter months. The bio-heat that is created as they decompose generates a significant amount of heat, up to 160 degrees, if you have a nice moist and active pile of compost. The general rule of […]

3 Steps to Prepare for Winter Gardening Success The cold winter days are coming. There are 3 steps you can do to prepare for those days. When you align with the sun, get your soil right, and warm up the garden with a few techniques you will be able to […]

AMP Up Your Yard to Work For You! Have you ever done work in a yard? Over the years, you’ve probably done a lot… you’ve weeded, trimmed, hoed, mowed, raked, and even sprayed…the list could go on and on! So, with ALL that you’ve done for your yard… what’s your […]

Elegant Edible Landscapes for Sustainability Growing your own food is a great way to start implementing sustainability into your life. Not only will you have sustainability but food you grow will be fresher, more flavorful, and you know how they were grown. Some of you may think, however, growing food […]

5 Steps to Amending Native Clay Soils in the Desert Southwest When amending native clay soils, like the soil we have in the desert southwest. We have a 5 step process to follow. This will allow you to have the healthy soil you need to grow healthy and productive plants. […]

7 Soil Amendments for Peak Production When creating healthy soil for your elegant edible landscape there are many different amendments you can use. We have seven favorites that we use at Agriscaping. Depending on what your soil needs you can choose from the amendments we discuss in this blog. Our […]

4 Common Soil Problems and How To Solve Them As your plants grow you might begin to notice some irregularities which can mean there is something wrong with the soil. When deciding what you need to do to fix your plants issue you will want to check your leaves to […]

Expanding Your Garden with Microclimates Using microclimates is used to create highly delectable edibles integrated in elegant productive way…the Agriscaping way. Using microclimates helps to maximize your beauty and productivity in every part of your yard, from full sun to full shade and everywhere in between. In this blog we […]

Planting for Fall Production The first step to a successful fall garden is taking a look at your sun. The second step is preparing your soil. The third step is figuring out what to plant in your fall garden. We do have a desert southwest planting guide in our free […]

Prepare Your Soil for Fall Production The sun is the first step to a successful fall harvest. The second step is to have healthy soil. Many think that soil is the reason crops fail, but if you have your plants planted in the wrong microclimate they will fail just because […]

Using the Sun to Plant for Fall Preparing your garden or Agriscaping yard for Fall starts right now. In three to four months from now you will be serving up your holiday meals. Think about your holiday menu and what ingredients you would like to have fresh to serve to […]

Conserve Water Without Killing Plants How do you conserve your water in the hot summer days without killing your plants? It starts with the soil. It is the best place to store water. You can add gypsum to hard clay and lychee so it can soak in more of the […]