Gardening in the Southwestern United States

 

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A resident of Chandler, Arizona, Zulfiya Tchaikovsy is a former middle school science teacher who now maintains a position as principal of research paper editing and proofreading firm The Academic Editors. In her free time, Zulfiya Tchaikovsky enjoys gardening, which comes with a unique set of challenges in the desert regions of the Southwestern United States.

Individuals in states like Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas need to contend with conditions such as extreme heat and drought when gardening, setting limits for the plants that can be grown in the region. Watering needs to be done in the early hours of the morning so that weather is cool enough for the water to penetrate the soil, rather than evaporating in the heat before it can reach plants’ roots. An additional concern for desert gardeners is the amount of sunlight plants receive. While many garden varieties require at least six to eight hours of full sunlight in a day, the desert climate can make the average six to eight hours too much for some plants.

Certain heat-sensitive plants will have difficulty growing in a Southwest climate, but other vegetables and plants do well with plentiful sun and a conservative amount of water. In the warm season, desert gardeners may find that tomatoes, peppers, beans, and eggplants grow well. In the cool season, the Southwest is a great location to grow vegetables such as carrots, radishes, peas, broccoli, and turnips.

University of Metaphysical Sciences Offers Credentials in the Field

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University of Metaphysical Sciences
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Zulfiya Tchaikovsky has continually worked to further her education, ultimately accumulating five degrees including a master of science from Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute, an AA and an MA in business administration from American InterContinental University, and most recently a Doctor of Business Administration from Walden University in 2016. In addition to her business degrees, Zulfiya Tchaikovsky earned a master’s in metaphysical sciences from the University of Metaphysical Sciences.

The University of Metaphysical Sciences was founded to offer education and professionalism within the field of metaphysics. The university is a not-for-profit, distance learning school that permits students to study at their own pace.

The university offers both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in metaphysics, metaphysical sciences, and divinity. Additionally, the university offers doctoral degrees in metaphysics, metaphysical sciences, holistic life coaching, and several divinities. Generally, the bachelor’s takes a minimum of six months to achieve and the master’s takes a minimum of four months. Students are not eligible to enroll in the doctorate program until they have earned their bachelor’s and master’s degrees and have been at the university for at least one year.

The university curriculum includes a wide variety of courses. At the bachelor’s level, courses are offered in meditation, hypnosis, world religions, Christian mysticism, witchcraft, channeling skills, and psychic skills, among others. The master’s curriculum contains more advanced courses including but not limited to metaphysical technologies, death and dying, yoga, hypnosis, astral projection, lucid dreaming, and career-skills courses. The doctorate program offers students the opportunity to research and write a dissertation in their chosen metaphysical field.

In addition to a well-rounded spiritual education, a University of Metaphysical Sciences degree offers students the credentials to support a career as a spiritual counselor or life coach, spiritual healer, motivational speaker, psychic, metaphysical church leader, or metaphysical author. Those who achieve a master’s also receive a practitioner’s certificate from Wisdom of the Heart Church, which is required in some states for certain counseling and healing practices.