The summers here have been hot. I often walk around my neighborhood and take photos of all the dying trees. This my “Dead Tree Project” which I started in 2023 when I started documenting the effects on local vegetation after 54 days above 115F (46.1C) degrees this summer in Phoenix, Arizona. Dystopian bus stop. ThisContinue reading “Dying Trees”
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Desert Spring
It’s spring here in the Sonoran Desert. Here are some photos I snapped at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden. Enjoy your day! My books Memory Road Trip (e-book or paperback) and Time Traveled (e-book or paperback) are both available! You can also find them at most major international book sites.
No More Garden Salads For Me
It’s official. I’ve finally given up on growing salad greens in the desert. This year was the absolute worst. It stayed too hot for too long this October. I usually harvest my first batch of salad greens by the end of November. However, I had nothing growing this year, and it wasn’t for a lackContinue reading “No More Garden Salads For Me”
Where The Lemon Tree Used To Be
Garden update: January 31, 2024 For 12 years, I watched a lemon tree grow. Last summer, I watched that lemon tree die. The relentless heat got to be too much for it, and I couldn’t give it the bottomless supply of water it craved. It was sad to see this beautiful tree pass, but climateContinue reading “Where The Lemon Tree Used To Be”
After the Freeze
Garden update: January 17, 2024 Well, it looks like my garden made it through the freeze relatively intact. I kept everything under wraps for a whole solid week. The sunflowers got nipped, though, so I’m curious to see how they rebound: The whole reason why I planted them is because I want to attract RoseyContinue reading “After the Freeze”
Getting Ready for the Freeze
Garden update: January 8, 2024 It’s not unusual for the Sonoran Desert to experience an occasional freeze. Luckily, I work in a hospital and get to come home with loads of (unused) paper sheets. The amount of waste in the hospital is daunting, so I try my best to recuse/recycle whenever I can. These sheetsContinue reading “Getting Ready for the Freeze”
Welcome to the New Normal
As I write this, there have been 133 days this year when the high temperature reached at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.7C) in Phoenix, Arizona. It last reached at least 100° F on October 21, 2023, which is fairly late in the year for such a temperature to be achieved. In 2020, Phoenix that number was a whopping 144 days over 100Continue reading “Welcome to the New Normal”
Desert Vegetable Garden
I used to want to be an urban farmer. Heck. I just told a lie. I still want to be an urban farmer, but the reality that I live in a desert has finally set in. (Water, Or The Lack Thereof) I always knew that water was a precious resource, but I figured a smallContinue reading “Desert Vegetable Garden”
Aridification
Definition: The gradual change of a region from a wetter to a drier climate. The American West is drying out. I live in one of the states where this is a concern, but most people I know aren’t talking about it. It’s almost as though people don’t want to know that water is depleting. As longContinue reading “Aridification”
Scared of Summer
WILDFIRES IN THE AMERICAN WEST The above photo is an image of a burned cholla cactus. I took this photo after the Sears fire ripped through its habitat in September 2020. The Sears Fire burned through nearly 14,500 acres (22.65 sq miles) over the course of a week. It’s hard for me to conceptualize whatContinue reading “Scared of Summer”
Krista Marson 