John goes to The Tomato Ladies House for a field trip to show you how she grows tomatoes in the desert and harvests 600 pounds a day during the peak season. In addition, you will learn what else can grow easily in the Las Vegas desert environment. After watching this video, you will be sure […]

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Native drought-resistant Texas sage (Cenizo) hates hard pruning, but when house painters cut them into sticks, Amber does. Will they recover? Daphne explained what to do. Her plant this week is cold-tolerant, drought-tolerant, and tough, succulent aloe vera (also called honey locust). At the end of winter and summer solstice, the flower spike attracts a […]

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Peyote (Peyotl) is not an ordinary cactus. It’s scientific name is Lophophora williamsii. Peyote is native to Mexico and South Western Texas, where it to this can be found in arid areas rich with limestone. There are three properties that makes these cacti unique . Two of them rather trivial, the other one very important. […]

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Perfect timing led to an amazing botanical experience in the Chihuahuan Desert. Video Rating: / 5

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The best fruit trees and edible plants grown in desert gardens! Thanks to my friends Kourosh and Bob’s Life (for helping us to garden better. This is an amazing list of foods you can grow in the desert backyard or front yard garden! One thing I will definitely add to this list is native Trees […]

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The 5 Best Fruit Trees to Leave Arizona-Desert Backyard Garden! Get my new gardening course here: my new website (email me to join my new blog)! The 5 favorite fruit trees I prepared for the desert are: 1. Ironwood 2. Palo Verde 3. Leguminous shrub 4. Pakistan fruit mulberry 5. Jujube palm My new gardening […]

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Pearing through the lense my urban oasis. A general overview about who we are and what we do at Texas Nativescapes. For more information please contact us for indepth landscape design, planning and installation. We offer highly unique landscapes that are sustainable and drought resistant, guaranteed to thrive and and amazing you in the most […]

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Texas Mountain Laurel plants are good choices for an Arizona landscape. They are small trees with purple clusters of flowers that smell like grapes. Sonoran Oasis Landscaping is a full-service landscaping company in Tucson. We are landscapers who specialize in xeriscape landscapes. Video Rating: / 5

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The Texas Legislature has guaranteed the right of landowners to install drought-resistant landscaping. Video Rating: / 5

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Texas Blue GIANT FIG in my Arizona Garden I am loving this Texas Blue Giant Fig tree so far! In just his first year of being planted in the ground he has given us about 100 delicious figs! For a year one tree the figs are really big and I predict the figs will get […]

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Tales from the Chihuahuan Desert: Borderlands Narratives about Identity and Binationalism, a Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers (Grades 6-12), is sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities and offered by The University of Texas at El Paso. Borderland narratives have historically been seen as peripheral to the development of American history and identity. […]

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Cindy Arredondo from Desert to Tropics delights the whole family with succulents that spark imagination. She and host Tom Spencer explore easy-to-grow succul… Video Rating: 5 / 5 MAP OF CALIFORNIA, THE DESERT AND HOW MAN USES DESERT VALLEYS FOR AGRICULTURE 196601:55:08California desert, pan across, various of desert, mountains with yu…

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Southwest Xeriscapes – Texas – Wynn Anderson – New Mexico State University – – Video furnished by Media Productions, New Mexico State University. Noncommercial use only. Southwest Yard and Garden proudly presents Xeriscapes of the Southwest, showcasing appropriate gardening techniques in the challenging  environment of the American Southwest. Join host Curtis Smith as he discusses the […]

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Southwest Xeriscapes – Texas – Candace Harmon – New Mexico State University – – Video furnished by Media Productions, New Mexico State University. Noncommercial use only. Southwest Yard and Garden proudly presents Xeriscapes of the Southwest, showcasing appropriate gardening techniques in the challenging  environment of the American Southwest. Join host Curtis Smith as he discusses the […]

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Southwest Xeriscapes – Texas – Angie Hannah – New Mexico State University – – Video furnished by Media Productions, New Mexico State University. Noncommercial use only. Southwest Yard and Garden proudly presents Xeriscapes of the Southwest, showcasing appropriate gardening techniques in the challenging  environment of the American Southwest. Join host Curtis Smith as he discusses the […]

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