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		<title>Judging of Photographs at the 2009 ARS Fall Convention and Palm Springs International Rose Photography Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ November 12, 2009; 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Judging will take place on the evening of Thursday, November 12, 2009, starting with the Judges' Meeting at 5:00 pm.  The judging will last until all entries have been judged and the results recorded.]]></description>
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		<title>Another Sunset in the Land of Enchantment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Albuquerque Sunset
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		<title>SW Desert Gardening Challenges: Snow</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2008/06/01/sw-desert-gardening-challenges-snow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 14:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click HERE
 for a Power Point slide presentation of some of the damage from Albuquerque&#8217;s Big Snow of December 2006, as well as recovery from that damage.
Please be patient as the show loads.  Thanks!
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		<title>One Albuquerque Garden: A Private Oasis</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/05/04/one-albuquerque-garden-a-private-oasis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 20:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Challenges of Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Thanks to the owner of this garden for allowing me to photograph it and use the photos here. All photographs were taken May 4, 2007. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
This is a very small city garden, but is artfully arranged to utilize a variety of plants. Roses are the featured plant throughout [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Large-Flowered Climber: Royal Sunset</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 15:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Royal Sunset is an oldie but goodie for the desert Southwest. It has dark green, leathery, disease-resistant leaves, large flowers that can have great form (especially for a climber!), a nice scent, and color to knock your socks off. To top it all off, it has long, shapely buds.


It takes about three years for this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2007&#8242;s First Hybrid Tea</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/05/04/2007s-first-hybrid-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 12:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first hybrid tea bloom of the year is always exciting in the high desert. One never knows exactly when to expect it, nor what it will look like. What have the late cold spells and especially the prolonged high winds done to the buds? Have thrips already damaged the bloom (for those of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Death and Rebirth in the Desert</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/04/14/death-and-rebirth-in-the-desert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The desert and the native plants growing there never cease to amaze me.
Prickly pear cactus is a native plant used in a lot of landscaping in Tucson and the Sonoran Desert in general.
Yesterday I saw this large piece of prickly pear that had been broken off its main stem and roots by a late freeze [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Challenge: Late Hard Freezes</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/04/14/another-challenge-late-hard-freezes/</link>
		<comments>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/04/14/another-challenge-late-hard-freezes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 13:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Challenges of Gardening]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I am in Tucson, located in the Sonoran Desert of the southwest, rather than the high Chihuahuan Desert in which Albuquerque is located. Many years ago I lived here for seven years, and although many things about the city have changed, the plants have remained pretty much the same. Palm trees, which do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind: Another Challenge in the Desert Southwest</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/04/12/wind-another-challenge-in-the-desert-southwest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 12:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico is the only place I have ever lived where Spring is not my favorite season.Â  And that is because of the high winds that are a staple of Spring in the high desert.
Gardeners here learn very quickly to keep their plants well-hydrated, atÂ this time of the year as much for the winds as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Hummingbird of the Year!</title>
		<link>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/04/10/my-first-hummingbird-of-the-year/</link>
		<comments>http://swdesertgardening.com/2007/04/10/my-first-hummingbird-of-the-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 15:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Less than 48 hours after posting &#8220;Attention,Â Hummingbird Lovers&#8221; and getting my hummingbird feeders up (three weeks late!), I saw my first hummingbird of the year feeding at one of the feeders.Â  This is the earliest I have seen a hummer in my garden any year.Â  It was a Black Chin male, and I hope he [...]]]></description>
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