Rocky Mountain High: Arizona

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Spring...

No gardening for me this spring :( Luckily my aunt has one so I can get my gardening fix vicariously. And meanwhile, I can read about gardening zones and daydream about what I will grow when I get a chance.

I use these three maps to find my gardening zone. The first two links probably won't help you if you don't live in Arizona, but the last link is on a site that I believe has interactive USDA Gardening and Plant Hardiness Zone Maps for other states. You just have to go to this part of the website and type in your zip code, or click on your state (there's a list on the left).

The Mountains

"Awhile back, I found myself deeply connecting on a cosmic level with songsmith extraordinaire John Denver, a circumstance that came as something of a surprise to me since John and I don't generally share the same musical taste...at all. It occurred when I picked up my life and moved to a small town nestled in the heart of the Colorado Rockies. Since that day I unpacked, I have been experiencing a daily dose of what Mr. Denver termed simply Rocky Mountain High.

"Whether I am driving to work, chopping wood for the stove, or cooking in the kitchen, I look out on the horizon and there they are with their majestic snow-covered peaks and brilliant yellow and orange valleys. They are inescapable...the mountains can change a man, make him more spiritual, bring him closer to God."

--Dan Bova, "The Wild Bunch," Mother Earth News, March 1997 (NO. 160), Page 112