September in Arizona

Our temperatures in August and September have been well over 108 degrees nearly every day since our landscaping was accepted and the final check written. Now that the landscaping has had a couple of months to settle in, I thought you might like to see how it is doing. Recall that our area where the 5 trees and landscaping sprinkler system were planted, was all dirt. Burmuda grass has been known to grow when watered after nearly 10 years without water. So is this area, no sod nor seeds were introduced, I just watered. There were some weeds, but we pulled them as soon as they were up.

The trees and the shrubs in front of the new wall have not been doing very well. It has been so very hot! For the first week, I soaked each tree and bush once per day. For the second week, I watered every other day. Now I soak them every 3 days and added root growth stimulator and watered it in this week end. I hope to see some greening up now that the temperatures are lower, and the root treatment has been done.



The front yard margin, where the grass ends and the decomposed granite begins, was difficult to form the line, since we had no grass. The ends of the concrete drives and walkways looked incomplete ending in space, so I purchased the concrete pots for Agave, and flowering plants. The pots are heavy enough so the sprinkler system heads are protected from any wayward driver.


Notice how similar the two lawns are in the circle and outside of the circle. We flood the circle and sprinklers water the area outside the drive. No difference. Water rules here in Arixona.