Before we start talking about the benefits of growing your own food, we need to agree that we are not going to grow our own food to save money. We should be okay with spending as much money as necessary for food that will keep us healthy, strong, and happy. The food that we consume […]
The hardest part about gardening in the desert is deciding which plants to grow. In my backyard garden, I grow, throughout the year, as many as 80 different types of plants. Some are edible, and others are not, some are annuals, and some are perennials, but all of them have become part of the small […]
As a regenerative-sustainable gardener that refuses to use any type of pesticides, herbicides, or fungicides, I must invite beneficial insects to my garden. These beneficials range from cute little ladybugs to scary spiders. In my desert garden I house several types of bees, leafhopper assassin bugs, praying mantises, several types of spiders (including a black […]
I started gardening in the desert in 2020. We had just bought a house during the pandemic, and I was excited to begin my gardening adventure. I read some books, I watched some videos, and I bought way more seeds than I can fit in my backyard garden. I grew a lot of plants in […]
