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November 18, 2020 www.DesertMessenger.com 15 JR's RV PARK will be having their Tue. and Thr. night Card bingo @ 6:30PM and Jam night is at 6:30 PM. Also YARD SALE on Nov. 20,2020 starting at 8:OO A.M. and going until 1:00PM.. As for Covid 19, bring your masks. Covenant Lutheran Church is having a YARD SALE on Dec. 4, from 9 to 1. It will include lots of gently used Christmas decorations, lights, etc. PARKWIDE YARD SALE 88 Shades RV Park, 575 W. Main St., Dec. 4 & 5, 8am-2pm. QIA Quartzsite Improvement Assoc. (QIA) Craft Show & Yard Sale is 1st Saturday of the month thru March, 9am. 235 E. Ironwood. Office is open Mon - Fri. 9am-noon. 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite. 928-927- 6325. www.QIAarizona.org. SENIOR CENTER The 3rd Friday of each month, starting in Novem- ber, the Senior Center will hold Arts/Crafts Community Sale be- ginning at 9.00a.m. 40 N. Moon Mountain Ave. ROCK CLUB The Quartzsite Roadrunners Gem & Mineral Club, located at 65 Iron- wood. QRGMC.org. Stop by M,T,W 9am-12pm & 1pm-3pm to renew your membership or learn how to become a member. You're invited to our meetings every Thursday 2pm at the QIA. CHAMBER HOURS Quartzsite Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism is open Wed. - Sat. 10am - 2pm. 1240 W. Main St. www.Quartzsite- Tourism.com 928-927-5200. COWBOY DESERT CHURCH: The service at BLM LTVA La Posa South and the Lord's Supper will be done according to the CDC guide lines. SPLIT RAIL RV PARK will have its first jam on November 5th from 1 - 3 pm. 928-927-5296. DESERT SINGLES Meetings are ev- ery Friday at 10 AM in the dining hall at the Quartzsite Improvement As- sociation (QIA.) Make new friends and enjoy lots of activities. All sin- gles are welcome. The QIA is located at 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite. All singles are welcome. Join us. FARMERS MARKET open Thurs. Fri. Sat. Looking for vendors food related and single item vendors. Fees are $10 a day 3 for $20. Spe- cial deal for a produce vendor. Info 801-403 9964. Vendors fees go to the Quartzsite Food Bank. 960 W Main near Ken's Grocery Outlet and K&B Tools. COUNTRY CONNECTION start- ing Nov 27 will be playing music for your entertainment, please come and enjoy. Senior Center 7:00 till 9:30 every Friday. We will have seating for social distancing. MUSIC JAMS are not be happening at Community Bible Church this season. 375 Sunrise St, Quartzsite. (928) 927-5035 JR'S RV PARK 982 N. Central Blvd. Quartzsite. Jam starts on Nov. 6th. 6:30 pm. BINGO at Quartzsite Senior Cen- ter: 40 Moon Mountain Ave. Every Wednesday and Saturday, Doors Open 5:00pm, EARLY Bird 6:30pm, Deli 5:30pm. Come and have din- ner and play bingo or just come and have dinner. Available to everyone. NA MEETINGS Mon. Wed. Fri. 7pm at Alano Club behind Silly Al's Pizza. Dave, 442-273-7323. BRENDA RV RESORT Hwy 60 Brenda No Music Jams or Dances until further notice from manage- ment. All activities are for park resi- dents ONLY. Brenda RV Resort is located at 46251 US-60, Salome, AZ 85348 Phone: (928) 927-5249. Gardening with Dennis - Your common sense trumps gardening rules By Alex Taft There are gardening how-to-books that are wonderful, along with best practices that most gardeners know; but the best results come from your common sense. A book may tell you to water a tree once a month. That depends. It depends on how you wa- ter. Do you water deeply and slowly and does what you have planted get a break from the unrelenting after- noon summer sun because you have planted it on the east side of your house and therefore needs less wa- ter. Do you water using city water or well water? If you water from a well, low and slow, that requires the well pump to work harder. When you water, do you look at how the plant or tree is doing? "Nature makes growing and blossoming look effortless but the secret is all in the details – position, sun soil, air, water and nourishment" – "Nature's Whispers" by Angela Hartfield The most success comes from imitating nature's finesse by plant- ing low water use plants and trees, by positioning plants so they get a break from the sun at least part of the day and by watering when and how the plant needs it. Common sense works every time. Dennis liked to experiment and therefore grew a lot of plants that re- quired extra support. His citrus had metal roofs over them to keep them from being burned and keep the birds out, because he surrounded the trees with netting. This is not necessary, and certainly an unusual practice, but he got the best results. He want- ed the best fruit trees with high yield so he used his common sense and went beyond what the garden books tell you to do. When he watered the town trees, he did not water once a month. Once a week cycle was a more common practice under normal con- ditions. In a summer like we just had, where all trees and plants experi- enced extreme stress from the unre- lenting 115-degree heat and drought, then plants and trees are watered more often and monitored and none were lost. You can tell by looking at a tree or plant if it is struggling. If you want a tall green tree you have to wa- ter it to encourage it to grow. Again, it's time to trust your common sense. Once a native plant or tree is estab- lished it does not require as much water as it does to get it started, but looking at it can tell you if it is getting enough water or not. Dennis landscaped with native plants and trees and he experiment- ed with others. The Anacacho Or- chid Tree is a really pretty, flowering tree that can tolerate the Sonoran Desert where we live, but it is picky. It is a small patio tree, which means it needs some protection from the elements. It is native to the Chihua- huan Desert. Dennis grew this tree by his house but was unable to get one to grow in the area across from the town hall parking lot. There was not enough protection for it. Plants and trees, like people respond to how they are cared for and the en- vironment they grow in. A mesquite can grow up to four feet each year, but not if you water it once a month or less. Once it gets to the height and fullness you want, then you can re- duce the watering schedule gradu- ally so as not to shock it. The monsoon season skipped us this year. Everything growing has struggled. Many trees have been lost around town due to stress. When there is a lack of rain, the trees do not bloom as much in the spring and ironwoods can skip a blooming season which in turn impacts the animals. The more you work with nature, the more it works with you. Understanding and knowing what to do for your plants and trees to thrive comes from practice, learning from others through books and conversa- tions with fellow gardeners and most of all, trusting your common sense and intuitive perception. When all of that comes together, you can enjoy your success and achievements!