Agriscaping Week 37 - Spring Planting Time in the Front Courtyard - Sapodilla, Succulents, Mex Olive
We finally planted the tropical Sapodilla tree in our front courtyard! It's shaded by a 60% shade cloth and protected on three sides by...
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LIFE IN THE GARDEN
Indee
- Aug 5
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 36 - Subpod Vermicomposting System!
This week I want to share a project we did that has greatly increased the worm activity inside our raised bed garden! We build the...
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Indee
- Jul 2
- 1 min
Agriscaping Week 35 - Creating a Rasied Garden Bed
We took a huge step forward this week! We FINALLY got down to work and created a raised, U-shaped garden bed. First, you can see our...
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Indee
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 34 - “Back to Eden” Method of Sheet Mulching
This week I’m sharing about a much longer project - the laying down of groundcover in the backyard. We went back and forth about what we...
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Indee
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 33 - What is THAT? Funky Eggs and other Chickeny Things
A lot of odd things were going on with our birds this week! First the rubber egg. We couldn't figure out what had come out of our hen! ...
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Indee
- Mar 19
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 32 - The Easiest Way to Grow Moringa, the Tree of Life
Moringa! What a wonderful tree. The nutritional benefits are unmatched by most any plant (high in complete protein, vitamins C, A,...
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Indee
- Feb 25
- 1 min
Agriscaping Week 31 - Pruning First Year Apple, Pear, Peach & Loquat in Phoenix (So Sad)
This week was super sad! We had to prune all of our new bare-root fruit trees. They put out these beautiful tiny blossoms (it reminded...
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Indee
- Dec 13, 2021
- 4 min
Agriscaping Week 30 - Rise and Fall of Mt. Hugel and the Plant Ziggurat
We were super excited about building an awesome Hugelkulture and easy DIY block planter…but these dreams got a tad derailed in the...
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Indee
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 29 - Sexing Coturnix Quail and a Big Little Surprise!
Well, everyone, this week was full of checking under quail tails. (As you can imagine, we’d been putting this off as long as possible!)....
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Indee
- Nov 30, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 28 - The Flying Greenhouse - Surviving Our First Big Storm
What do you do when your greenhouse FLIES AWAY?? Building a garden in Phoenix, this isn’t really something you think about in advance,...
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Indee
- Nov 24, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 27 - Planting Bare Root Fruit Trees in Phoenix
This week, we worked on planting some stone fruit trees in the “butterfly garden” on the east side of our backyard. This is the best...
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Indee
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 26 - Food + Water = Eggs!
Let’s start with food systems. Here is our quail feeder. It has worked great, from the start of this quail experiment! The only issue...
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Indee
- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 25 - The New Hit Gardening Game
For all those parents out there, have you ever gone out in the garden and wondered who was responsible for the giant MESS that has been...
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Indee
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 24 - The “Error-gation” and Shade Art
Irrigation install has proved to be (as expected) the most difficult and time-consuming aspect of this backyard remodel. Matt thankfully...
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Indee
- Sep 19, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 23 - The Quest for a Chicken-Proof Garden: Hoop Houses and More
I love chickens. I never thought I'd say it, but I probably qualify as a crazy chicken lady at this point. They're such sweet...
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Indee
- Sep 8, 2021
- 1 min
Agriscaping Week 22 - Chicken vs. Scorpion: New Greenhouse Showdown
With winter approaching, we needed to protect the newly-planted bananas, so we got a greenhouse frame to build around them. All of the...
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Indee
- Jun 28, 2021
- 4 min
Agriscaping Week 21 - How to Tell You Need to Re-Grade Your Backyard Project
Well, truth be told, I'm a little behind in catching up on the blog! It may be summer here in Phoenix right now, but I still need to...
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Indee
- Jun 27, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 20 - Community Event, Making Water Blankets and Planting Raised Beds
Here we are, finally planting some real garden beds! There has been so much work leading up to this point, but before we could plant, we...
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Indee
- May 26, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 19 - The Raised Bed Wall, the Pergola, and Petting Chickens
This week, I’m sharing about a couple of projects that have been moving along in the background as we’ve been working on the yard. These...
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Indee
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 18 - Quail Hutch Vs. Cages: What Works Best?
Let’s talk quail again! I promise we’re doing more at Sunny Side Up Urban Garden than just birds, but the birds took up a large part of...
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Indee
- May 26, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 17 - Planting a Juice+ Tower Garden
This week we got our greens up and growing! We have a Juice+ Tower Garden, a hydroponic garden, that is going to be our source of leafy...
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Indee
- Mar 8, 2021
- 4 min
Agriscaping Week 16 - Planting a Tahitian Pomelo and Other Unique Trees in Phoenix
We finally did it!! We are the proud owners of a Tahitian Pomelo tree! And MAN that thing was heavy to get in the ground. The nursery...
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Indee
- Mar 2, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 15 - The Ins and Outs of Raising Baby Quail Chicks (Part 1)
Before we started the Agriscaping adventure in our backyard, we made friends with a guy who has coturnix quail and sells their eggs at...
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Indee
- Feb 26, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 14 - Planting Tropical Trees and a Citrus Garden in Phoenix
Well, we finally did it!! After a long 3-day weekend of 12-hr workdays, about half of our trees are now in the ground. Three Days of...
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Indee
- Feb 23, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 13 - The Chicks’ Big Move Outside
We had our first big chicken milestone this week! The Phoenix summer temp has finally started dropping below triple digits and our...
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Indee
- Jan 26, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 12 - The Adventures of Lucky...the Aptly Named Quail
Like most people, I’m a fan of naming my pets. Often they’ll get silly names, like the chickens (Charlemagne, Scoot, 9-Mil, Thor and...
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Indee
- Jan 26, 2021
- 4 min
Agriscaping Week 11 - The Cute Baby Quail Hatchery
This week we jumped into an adventure in raising about 50 more birds...on top of the 5 chickens we already had. For some reason we...
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Indee
- Jan 5, 2021
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 10 - The Wall, the Shade, and the Forest
We have been working hard in the backyard. The initial demo is complete, and we were very lucky to be able to schedule a good mason to...
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Indee
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 9 - The Queen Creek Botanical Gardens
This week, we got a sneak peak trip to the Queen Creek Botanical Gardens. Justin Rohner, the head of Agriscaping Technologies, with whom...
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Indee
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 8 - Demo Days!
Well, the day has finally arrived! We broke ground this weekend, so I suppose you could say we are really actually officially doing this...
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Indee
- Nov 23, 2020
- 2 min
Agriscaping Week 7 - Meet Chuck. Chuck the Chick.
Well, we did it. We took the plunge. I think maybe now we're official urban farmers, right? We have a flock of five little chickens -...
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Indee
- Sep 30, 2020
- 4 min
Agriscaping Week 6 - Tabletop Aeroponics & Seed Starting
This week I want to share our new tabletop AeroGarden with you! We are blessed with an incredibly kind neighbor who is over the top for...
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Indee
- Sep 23, 2020
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 5 - Drainage Fail & Graywater Success
This week I want to share some of the little adventures we’ve had as we’ve started on our Agriscaping transformation. I keep having to...
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Indee
- Sep 15, 2020
- 5 min
Agriscaping Week 4 - Sprout This!
This week we learn about sprouts, microgreens, and the value of soaking and sprouting seeds of all kinds.
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Indee
- Sep 1, 2020
- 1 min
Agriscaping Week 3 - The Scoop on a Coop...
We've had our first egg-citing building project! After deciding to move forward with chickens, we bought a Cumberland Chicken Coop!
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Indee
- Aug 24, 2020
- 4 min
Agriscaping Week 2: Unveiling the Design
The design for our new beautiful, edible backyard is underway. With three separate sections, each smaller area has a completely unique...
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Indee
- Aug 24, 2020
- 3 min
Agriscaping Week 1: Our Backyard Is Getting a FAB5 Agriscaping Makeover!
A few months ago, my husband was getting tired of working on the remodel of our front porch that was taking up all his spare time, and...
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