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🌿 January in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch January in Prescott offers a peaceful, productive pause in the garden. While things may seem sleepy outside, it's actually the perfect time to plan, organize, and lay the groundwork for spring growth. 
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🌿 December in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch December in Prescott is a quiet, reflective time in the garden. As the season shifts into winter, your landscape settles into dormancy, and the rhythm slows down—perfect for planning ahead and enjoying the calmer pace.  🌿 November in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch November in Prescott brings shorter days, crisp air, and a slower pace in the garden. It's a quieter time, perfect for gathering what’s left, enjoying fall colors, and preparing gently for winter’s rest.  Here in Prescott, Arizona’s high country, the first frost always feels like a turning point. The garden softens, the air sharpens, and we start shifting from long summer days to the slower rhythms of autumn. I’ve shared a new, expanded story on Letters from The Whiskey Porch all about this beautiful transition — from frost-kissed garden beds to herbs drying in the studio, and even flowers frozen into whimsical cocktail ice cubes. If you love stories of seasonal living, Prescott gardens, and slowing down to savor the seasons, come join me on the porch and read the full letter here: 👉🏼 The Art of Preserving Nature’s Gifts — on Substack  (This post originally appeared on The Whiskey Porch blog in 2021 and has been refreshed and expanded on Substack.) 🌿 October in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch With crisp mornings and lingering daytime warmth, October in Prescott is a lovely transition into fall. It’s the moment to begin dialing back irrigation, prepare for frost, and settle new plantings in before winter takes hold .  🌿 September in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch September in Prescott is a moment of graceful transition. It's late summer here. The garden is often at its peak, with fruits ripening, flowers still blooming, and cooler evenings offering relief from the heat. It’s a month to harvest generously, plant fall crops, and enjoy the momentum of a thriving high-desert garden.  🌿 August in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch August celebrates the start of harvest season in Prescott’s high desert. With monsoon rains continuing, your garden should be in full summer mode - filled with produce, flowers, and growth. It’s a month to enjoy your garden’s bounty and prepare for the cooler months ahead.  No - not a planted mushroom! Just came along because the soil was healthy :)
But in most cases, there are often many budget friendly material options to achieving your garden addition. And, I'll just be really honest here, a lot of times it ends up looking (and lasting) like a thrown together project. Even with cheaper materials it's really important to consider the longevity of the material as well as the way you build it to make it worth your while. Because, in the end you're time will be worth way more than the materials and you want to spend your time in a meaningful way so that you can enjoy your beautiful project for a good long while. So, in the spirit of sharing some artful uses of unusual garden materials, I decided to put together this blog post to focus on a few that I think are worth considering. I've got 6 Budget Material ideas for you - let's get to it. ~ post continues, click "read more" ~ 🌿 July in the Prescott Garden Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch As July rolls in, Prescott settles into the heart of summer — a season defined by tending, timing, and watchfulness. With monsoons often arriving early, this month is less about big projects and more about daily presence: adjusting irrigation, watching for pests, and harvesting what your garden has to offer.  Yep - those blooms are *actually* that crazy intense color. No editing! This week we are thinking about and celebrating local places, local-ness, the beautiful scenery we are lucky to have, and picnics. Let me explain! Today is International Picnic Day, not that we need a special holiday to make a picnic worthy of celebrating. And since we want to share more time with the special people in our lives, I think we should all spend the day outside with our family and friends enjoying a picnic. There's nothing that sounds bad about that, right? Consider that aside from some well-earned downtime, there are health and general wellness benefits too!!
 👉🏼 Keep reading to see my list of local Prescott picnic-worthy spots. 🧺 ~ post continues below ~ |
AuthorHey there. I'm Miriam ~ and I've been doing this my whole life. It's my passion. 
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