MESA, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) — Erich Schultz and his family began farming a little more than a decade ago. In the beginning, they were just looking for a way to expand on their love of gardening and passion for good food. Boy, did things grow! The Schultz family says farming at its best is very […]

We have all heard the saying ‘April showers will bring May flowers’; however, I believe that there is more to May’s abundance of flowering plant life than rain. The warming temperatures and wakening of the soil surely have a profound effect on the emerging foliage of spring. There is more to rain though than one […]

Dedicated gardeners who have been gardening for several years know firsthand how valuable mulches are and most of them would not even consider growing any kind of garden unless they had a good mulch to use. So, just what do mulches accomplish?  Actually, mulches serve several different purposes. Possibly the most important of these is […]