Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

Q.    I have an ash tree that is 18 years old. This year about 20 percent of the tree has dead branches while the rest looks good. We really...

Q. We would like to plant fruit trees but don’t have much gardening experience. Can we plant during the summer months? Are there types of ...

Q. I planted a rose bush facing south as a memorial for my Dad and I want to know how to help it along. It has holes in some of its leaves...

Q. Now that it's getting hot, my roses have stopped blooming. Should I keep feeding them or wait until the weather cools and they star...

T his is not a condemnation or anything bad about Indian products, just showing you that USDA is trying to pr...

This is a link to a KNPR facilitated article regarding small farm supplying of meat products in lieu of closure of the large suppliers like ...

Q. With the leaves off, I got a good look at our apricot tree and found two limbs with bark severely damaged. It looks like the bark is com...

Q. Can you tell me where I can purchase a Moringa tree to grow in Vegas? This is one of our Moringa (Mallinggay) trees at our farm in the ...

Roses are relatively easy to grow in the desert and provide lots of flowers IF you pick the right variety, plant them in a good spot and car...

HOA's have a presiding Board that looks after community costs and instigates rules. If you want to lower community costs, here is what t...

Roses Hate Las Vegas Summers             It's summer.  This is the time of year when garden roses struggle. Summer is their "wint...

Q. My son gave me a small coconut tree in a pot for Mother’s Day. I waited about 2 weeks before I planted it in a bigger pot. I’ve put it ...

Q. I have 50-pound sacks of 16-16-16 fertilizer in plastic bags. Somehow moisture got in the bags and the granules are wet enough that the...

Q. This is the second year for my Santa Rosa plum.   I attached some garden trowels to some of the main branches to open – up the tree to ...

             Some pictures of "torch" cacti in the yard of one of my readers. Great job! Several questions were se...

Q. How can I get rid of spurge in my vegetable garden?  I have been hoeing it and hand pulling it just about every day, but it appears to b...

Q. The fruit from my nectarine had a lot of “sores”; spots with tiny “bubbles” of hardened fluid. Yesterday, early evening, I sprayed the ...

Q. The class-action lawsuits against the weedkiller “Roundup” claims it can cause lymphoma. Nonetheless, nurseries and big box stores stil...

Q. Is there a simple way of stopping or preventing the volunteer trees, i.e., new tree growth that suddenly starts growing near the base o...