tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post1607044660105622028..comments2024-03-11T04:43:00.097-07:00Comments on Las Aventuras: On Top of My WorldRohrerbothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-82439424657725412822012-06-09T03:25:22.173-07:002012-06-09T03:25:22.173-07:00Seriously inspiring to demonstrate that desert pla...Seriously inspiring to demonstrate that desert planting can be diverse and support diverse birdlife. Good 'work', Chris.Sue Catminthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14242341696447975933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-46191709274733999662012-06-08T16:59:01.765-07:002012-06-08T16:59:01.765-07:00Very very nice! Just goes to show if you put your ...Very very nice! Just goes to show if you put your mind to a thing you can overcome even a desert.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10136566754402476915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-28842277626057591602012-06-08T13:53:49.375-07:002012-06-08T13:53:49.375-07:00Its fascinating to see your garden from your rooft...Its fascinating to see your garden from your rooftop Chris - you get such a different view of the area and can see even more what brilliant progress you are making :) Its especially interesting to compare it with the less vegetated adjacent areas.Ragged Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090463834740346114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-17528281289986296982012-06-08T13:48:35.595-07:002012-06-08T13:48:35.595-07:00Very cool scenes! Hmmm...much in these bird's ...Very cool scenes! Hmmm...much in these bird's eye views, since they really illustrate the spatial relationships.<br /><br />Your "Chitalpa" is actually a real Chilopsis linearis / Desert Willow...looks healthy. Having a clean slate is nice, especially when one has to deal with endless mulberry, elm or cottonwood roots many think are great, valuable shade trees as they tear up walls, paving, etc. <br /><br />Palo Verde trees - Tucson is quite the lush desert...if the Sonoran Desert is "arborescent", Tucson is even more treed-out. I wonder if that's what your neighboring condos are doing, using palo verdes to shade the whole are? What they've done should work well, compared to the largest trees species, though it will take careful pruning from both their side and your side. Definitely worth working together on, as it is not too small a space for those, with some cooperative maintenance, so both properties benefit.<br /><br />That other adjacent property with the vast, open DG or bare soil area - I wonder if that was lawn decades ago? That and the front yards really need a load of Palo Verde trees, ironwoods, etc...from 5 gallons with water harvesting basins, they could fill in fast, and create some shade. Their front yards with cacti and the occasional arborvitaes really need something...and a desert bosque would be it to me!<br /><br />Thanks for the tour from up high. I should do that here and show my rooftop landscape view at my first house on the west mesa. Quite revealing!Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00952727692048782529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-9250282466142811542012-06-08T13:11:36.048-07:002012-06-08T13:11:36.048-07:00Great job getting those photos!
You have so much ...Great job getting those photos!<br /><br />You have so much variety going on in there. Not boring at all. It really is helpful to see everything from above. I like how you noted what the neighbors are doing. Some pruning needed but glad there is something helping the wildlife in the area. <br /><br />Maybe in a year you can do it again and compare?Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-42589455940383077542012-06-08T09:20:35.164-07:002012-06-08T09:20:35.164-07:00Ooooo I was writing so fast I made an error.
I m...Ooooo I was writing so fast I made an error. <br /><br />I meant I hope you """"DO NOT"""" hire some tree trimmer who does an ugly hack job. Mostly I think of Davey Tree or Asplung who do chop-Shop work for utility companies. Tree sculpting was always one of my favourite things because it was something of an artistic nature and I tend to gravitate towards that.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br /><br />--Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-33385903028740820662012-06-08T08:05:54.273-07:002012-06-08T08:05:54.273-07:00Glad to get your "bird's eye view" o...Glad to get your "bird's eye view" of the garden. Hope you're having fun!Magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132555347136919591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-65426280225286153342012-06-08T07:08:34.024-07:002012-06-08T07:08:34.024-07:00Thank you for your ideas. The Jac is leggy but th...Thank you for your ideas. The Jac is leggy but the birds have been using the branches to sit on....and as summer warms up more, the entire tree will be bushy. <br /><br />I have never tried the paloverde pods!!! That is such a cool thing. Never heard of that....and I've always wondered as I've popped several pods open. Next time I'll check this out. <br /><br />We have Live Oaks here and they are two of the largest in the Tucson area. <br /><br />It's killing me that I have to go, but my family is pulling me away from blogging now...I'll be back soon writing away!!! Thanks for your advice and comments. ChrisRohrerbothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136631378931478644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-33026129158447184232012-06-08T07:02:13.783-07:002012-06-08T07:02:13.783-07:00really nice to see all the green space - i bet the...really nice to see all the green space - i bet the birds and animals are too!TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-48957757511084024182012-06-08T06:41:42.805-07:002012-06-08T06:41:42.805-07:00I love the warm pics. We've had our heater on ...I love the warm pics. We've had our heater on over here for a couple of weeks now. I mean when it gets below 55 F with a cold wind associated, I hate it. <br /><br />At first I thought the red flowers were from a Australian Bottle Brush plant. But I see you also have a Desert Willow with the purple flower variety. Your young Jacaranda is looking rather leggy and long. Are you going to train it into two main trunks ? Nature and environmental circomstances seem to be already training it.<br /><br />When and if the Paloverdes are trimmed, I hope they or you don't get someone who will do an ugly hack job. I'd definitely get their limbs off that tine roof and the leaf debri. You didn't say whether they were growing under that car port. I'd definitely take that away myself. <br /><br />BTW, have you ever eaten any of those spring fresh peas from the paloverde pods ? They taste very much like sweet peas. Last year I and my wife were at my sisters place in Ocotillo. I walked around the vacant lots in the neighbourhood where the Paloverdes were growing wild and this was June 2011. The peas were still green and fresh. They thought I was crazy going out and picking wild bean pods. Some people have no idea about wild edibles and how good they can be.<br /><br />What kind of oaks do you have ? Are they Emory Oak ? Those are picturesque and numerous over in the Huachukas just south of Sierra Vista.<br /><br />You are also right about Tucson being a green living desert. To be honest that greeness aspect could very easily be spread to even moonscaped areas of deserts further west of you. One reason you are so green there as compared to other areas is that Tucson is in the direct middle pathway or freeway of the summer monsoonal moisture flow. Lucky Dogs!<br /><br />*smile*<br /><br /><br />--Chaparral Earthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618976919417073750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4196318759342517444.post-13074218614961378822012-06-08T01:49:20.775-07:002012-06-08T01:49:20.775-07:00You did wonderful landscaping and designing the ga...You did wonderful landscaping and designing the gardens. Your hard work has paid off beautifully. Wonderful photos, have a great weekend!eileeninmdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00070309645796725309noreply@blogger.com