Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

What are treadle pumps? Do you have water available to you with less than a 20 foot vertical lift and no electricity? Then this foot-powe...

Of course this is a bit of tongue-in-cheek for residents outside of Arizona but Arizona's law that allows its residents to buy fruit tre...

Back in 2005 Maxwell Norton, Farm Advisor in Fruit Production for the University of California Cooperative Extension in the San Joaquin Vall...

While in the Philippines I visited the farm of another member of the Rare Fruit Society of the Philippines where we learned about growing Gi...

While visiting in the Philippines with the Philippine Rare Fruit Growers they invited me to Dr. Roberto Coronel's house which is also hi...

Deep tree roots are important for large trees. We know that these roots help to stabilize large trees, keeping them anchored during high win...

It is well known that urban forestry and the planting of woody plants in urban communities provide substantial benefits to these environment...

Q. My biggest question is how to rid my raised vegetable beds of the abundance of bugs of all sorts who have made their home there over the...

Cutting back tomatoes in the hoophouse in July and August Q. I have ripe tomatoes on my vines right now in July but I want to know when...

Q. My purple plum has branches that are dying on one side of the tree. The leaves are all brown and crunchy while the other side seems heal...

Picture from reader most likely sunburn on the berries Q. My husband and I attended your seminar earlier this year regarding growing g...

Q. Do you have any idea how to get rid of snails? I have a factory! There are literally hundreds throughout my grass andplanters. They are ...

Pvc glue plugging an irrigation bubbler after a repair Q. A few years ago I had a bubbler system installed to water my trees for my d...

Dog urine damage leaves a dark green edge around the damaged brown spot caused by the urine Most likely there is a popup sprinkler ...

 Armenian Cucumber  Q. I live in Las Vegas and want to grow baby cucumbers for pickling. I tried to grow some last Spring but was no...

Q. Help! My Italian cypress are drying out and dying mostly from the top down and they have their own bubblers for water. Italian ...

This is California fan palm with cold damage from temperatures in the low 20's or high teens F Q. We have a fan palm where the pal...

Apricots on short shoots called spurs Q. We have a beautiful 5-year old Moorpark apricot tree. It has grown well and looks quite healt...

  Hosted at the Bradshaw's house in Harare. Geoffrey was a fantastic guide in helping me work with local farmers  I went ...