This Month in Your Southwest Yard – November

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November Garden Tasks for Southwest Yards

Last chance for fall planting season while roots are still active

This is your last chance for the fall planting season while roots are still active in warm soils

This is your last chance for the fall planting season while roots are still active in warm soils

~ You may continue planting this month even with cooler temperatures, but plants will establish roots more slowly than earlier in fall

~ Finish planting California natives

~ Plant seeds for spring & summer blooms; choose mix of western wild flowers with annuals & perennials for long-lasting color

~ Irrigate frequently during Santa Ana winds, which pull moisture from both plants and soil

~ Give one last deep watering to deciduous trees and grapevines but discontinue feeding to harden them off for cold weather

~ Irrigate fall-planted trees and bushes deeply once or twice this month to ensure good root formation prior to dormancy

Check out our featured “Plant of The Month” for November

Tagged: Deep water deciduous trees, fall planting, Fall Southwest garden tasks, garden tasks, November garden tips, Plant seeds for spring blooms, Planting California native plants, prepare garden for winter

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I am amazed every day at how much happens on our half-acre of High Desert property. Whether we are simply looking out the window at our bird feeders, working in our yard, or sitting on our deck watching the sunset, my husband and I get the biggest kick out of seeing the dynamics unfolding between our resident covey of a hundred quail, dozens of songbirds, rabbits, antelope ground squirrels, lizards, friendly snakes, occasional coyotes, bobcat, fox, and even hungry hawks.

It’s hard to believe how much activity can be packed into such a small yard when it has various levels of “living spaces,” simulating a multi-story hotel, creating homes galore in ground covers, branches, and canopies of plants. Added to the backdrop of a seasonal procession of color from flowering plants, fruiting shrubs and trees, the happenings in our yard provide continual cause for delight, surprise, inspiration, and celebration.

I hope you enjoy following the fascinating cycle of life that plays out in a yard dedicated to wildlife, water-wise native plants, and other delights of a hopeless plant lover.

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