John comes from sharing with you the top 7 crops that perform very well in his hot summer desert garden, where the temperature often exceeds 100 degrees. In this episode, John will take you to visit his backyard vegetable garden, share these crops with you, and tell you more about them. After watching this episode, […]

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Clearwater Blue Idaho Fescue, Festuca idahoensis’Clearwater Blue’. Due to its light blue color and heat reflection adaptability, this ornamental clump grass can withstand a lot of heat. Sponsored and supported by the Metropolitan Water District, the Arroyo Seco Foundation and the California Water Efficiency Partnership. . source

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This is my partially shaded vegetable garden, which grows green in the hot desert sun. Next to it is my tobacco bed. My three hens provided me with high-nitrogen organic fertilizer. The secret of summer desert gardening is shading and irrigation. This is an oversimplified statement, because there is more to the equation, but you […]

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John is from Phoenix, Arizona, and shares with you an urban homestead that can grow 150 fruit trees on only 1/3 acre of land. In the climate of the Sonoran Desert, you will also learn about other vegetables and animals in the hotel. In this episode, John interviewed Jake Mace (Jake Mace), one of his […]

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John shared with you twelve edible plants, which are grown in the desert, so you can have an edible landscape. The plants introduced in this video are usually described as ornamental plants and should be accepted for use in areas where the HOA (Homeowners Association) grows edible crops in the front yard. In this episode, […]

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See my mom…more formally…. Let’s talk about desert plants! Be sure to tag me in the #plantykindnessproject post on IG: @mycleanleaves Let’s start a sports plant friend! Be kind! Shop my complete supply list on Amazon! ! (If you click this link and order through Amazon, I will get a small amount of support for […]

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Wondering which flowers can take the heat during an Arizona summer? Attract pollinators and add beauty to your yard and garden by planting heat-loving summer flowers. Learn the best times to plant them and whether to plant from seed or transplant. Take a look at what I’m growing and planting to get my Mesa, Arizona […]

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Community Tire Salsa Garden turned a food desert into a community garden in South Phoenix. Vynnie the garden manager gives us simple tips to keep your garden growing throughout the extreme heat. http://greendesert.org/Vegetable.html Tweets by TheGreenDesert http://Facebook.com/TheGreendesert http://green-desert.tumblr.com/ Video Rating: / 5

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Many of us use containers for some or all of our gardening. In Arizona that can spell trouble for our plants if we don’t take some precautions to protect their vulnerable root zone from the heat. I share with you three tips that will help you garden successfully in high temperatures with a container garden. […]

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The temperatures are heating up here in Mesa Arizona and the real challenge is starting. Combating the dry heat,monsoon season, leaf miners(and I did pick up the leaves and toss them in the trash with the leaf miners on them), tomato horned worms and wild birds in the garden. With that being said the garden […]

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Disease! It’s everywhere all at the same time. 3 weeks of 90 degree weather, high humidity, afternoon rains = a bad 3 weeks of being a turf manager. But how do you handle it? Communicate with customers and spray fungicides. Video Rating: / 5

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Growing Greens In The Desert Heat! Steadfast Instagram @steadfastfarm. Come to the workshop! http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek Subscribe: http://bit.ly/curtisstonesub | Follow my IG: @greencityacres Watch more http://bit.ly/2rvW4h5 from Curtis Stone : http://bit.ly/2cmcFLe UPCOMING ON-FARM WORKSHOPS: Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018 – Arizona tickets: http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek June 18-22, 2018 – Hemmingford, QC: http://bit.ly/JMCurtis2018 July 14, 2018 – Sweden: http://bit.ly/1daySweden July 19-22, […]

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Growing Greens In The Desert Heat! Steadfast Instagram @steadfastfarm. Come to the workshop! http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek Subscribe: http://bit.ly/curtisstonesub | Follow my IG: @greencityacres Watch more http://bit.ly/2rvW4h5 from Curtis Stone : http://bit.ly/2cmcFLe UPCOMING ON-FARM WORKSHOPS: Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018 – Arizona tickets: http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek June 18-22, 2018 – Hemmingford, QC: http://bit.ly/JMCurtis2018 July 14, 2018 – Sweden: http://bit.ly/1daySweden July 19-22, […]

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Growing Greens In The Desert Heat! Steadfast Instagram @steadfastfarm. Come to the workshop! http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek Subscribe: http://bit.ly/curtisstonesub | Follow my IG: @greencityacres Watch more http://bit.ly/2rvW4h5 from Curtis Stone : http://bit.ly/2cmcFLe UPCOMING ON-FARM WORKSHOPS: Feb 26-Mar 2, 2018 – Arizona tickets: http://bit.ly/PMG_QueenCreek June 18-22, 2018 – Hemmingford, QC: http://bit.ly/JMCurtis2018 July 14, 2018 – Sweden: http://bit.ly/1daySweden July 19-22, […]

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