At Letters from The Whiskey Porch, over on substack, The Spring Porch Invitation is now open.
April 15th - 24th, 2026.
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I just opened a small and very special invitation for readers who would like to step a little further onto the porch.

For a short time, readers who join Letters from The Whiskey Porch as annual Porch Companions or Studio Stewards receive a small handmade thank-you gift from my studio at Juniper Hill Cottage in Prescott, Arizona.

The Spring Porch Invitation is open through April 24.
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​You'll find all the details on membership benefits and access at the link below. 👇🏼
Join the conversation and be inspired.

🌿 April in the Prescott Garden
Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch

​April in Prescott can feel like spring on steroids—or a flashback to winter. With tulips blooming one day and frost looming the next, this month is all about balance: nurturing emerging growth while honoring our persistent winter chill.
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📝 Full Checklist is on our Substack.  The Prescott Garden Keeping Journal – April Edition includes:

• 🌱 Plants & Planting
• 💦 Water
• 🦌 Critters
• ✂️ Maintenance
• 📝 Planning & Reflecting

👉 Get the full monthly checklists on Substack  Exclusively available to subscribers of Letters from the Porch on Substack.  Subscribing is FREE.
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Coming soon: Bonus content and a private local garden chat just for Substack subscribers!  You won't want to miss the chance to join in on this!

Well thanks for following along.  I've gotten so many nice notes from readers on these checklists, and that really makes my day.  It's wonderful to be able to share a little info and help add a bit of structure to your garden-quest.

Let me know if there's anything else for April that I should have included.  I'd love to hear.

With contentment & possibility,

🌿 March in the Prescott Garden
Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch

​March in Prescott still brings chilly nights and the occasional winter weather, but the season is waking up fast. While spring temps tease us, remember our frost risk lingers—so hold off on tender plantings and take this month to prepare for the busy season ahead.
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🌿 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.

🌿 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.
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🌿 June in the Prescott Garden
Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch

As the high desert moves into early summer, June in Prescott brings high temperatures, intense sun, and the beginnings of the monsoon season. It's a month focused on fine-tuning water habits and staying alert to pest activity — especially for new seedlings and recent additions to the garden.

This is a fun little bit of news to share.

The local garden club here in Prescott is Alta Vista Garden Club, and they have been here in town since 1951.   

One of the many activities they do is recognizing local gardens each season of the year, which they call "Garden of Merit".  

And for autumn this year, my gardens here at Juniper Hill Cottage were selected!

This is a group of very skilled and capable gardeners who care deeply about the local community and they work hard to provide value and resources to this area. 

I am grateful for this honor and hope you've seen the advertising around town recently as well as in the local paper.  

Every summer we do a monthly garden feature, to share with you the success and inspiration of other local gardeners here in Prescott, Arizona.  #gardensofprescott

For August I'm featuring a garden in the Williamson Valley area, northwest of downtown.

This garden is in a much newer part of town, than the July Garden, but it has a wonderful organic and lived-in feeling to it; like the garden has been here for a very long time.

Because it is located in an area with many old Oak trees, and was designed with meandering walks and small pockets of plantings and garden room destinations, it is friendly and inviting space to relax and entertain in the dappled light of the trees.

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​This is a new summer monthly feature for us.  #gardensofprescott

​So, for the month of July, just to kick things off, I've decided to start with my own garden here at Juniper Hill Cottage - in downtown Prescott.