Recent Posts

Your guide to cover crops for compacted soil. Which covers to use, and how to utilize them for breaking up soil compaction

Is gardening expensive? Whether you're new to gardening and curious about the cost, or looking for ways you can reduce your garden inputs...

If you're curious how to reduce your garden inputs, this guide will help shift your mindset over to a more regenerative and self-sustaining

If you're an organic gardener, you may have heard of the term "chop and drop" before. This approach to gardening is gaining popularity...

Wondering if you can grow cover crops with cash crops, and why you might do that?Cover crops are an excellent way to improve soil health...

Curious about the relationship between regenerative gardening and systems thinking? Gardening is more than just planting seeds...

Intensive planting is a method of gardening that maximizes the use of space and time to produce the higher yields at increased density.

Why is crop rotation important? Crop rotation is an essential technique used by farmers and gardeners to maintain healthy soil...

Want to learn how to start a garden in Arizona? Keep reading, we'll outline the basics of organic desert gardening here.

Are plants intelligent? That's a question that has been asked throughout the ages - but today modern science gives us new insight. Read here

There's less balance, less diversity, and less life when you farm a monocrop than when you grow a garden of allow native plants to thrive.

So you wanna know why people actually choose to garden in the desert? We might seem crazy, and us desert growers are a little crazy... but!

Let's talk about some of the invasive plant species to be wary of in Arizona. If you're gardening or landscaping, be sure to avoid these.

...where water is more scarce and more expensive. A great way to combat this is through rainwater gardening.

Here we're delving into the basics of Keyline Design, its applications, and how it can revolutionize your approach to agriculture.

Interested in saving water in your Tucson organic garden? Water is a precious resource in the desert, but there are ways to conserve it.

Looking for an alternative to ollas? Let's talk about better options for watering your container & raised bed plants...

Looking for the best way to water planters? We've got watering tips and tricks for your container plants here!

If you've ever had a tray of seedlings that looked like this, you'll know exactly why it's important to know the seed germination times.

Growing plants from seed is one of the most freeing parts of gardening. Let's jump into how to grow plants from seed indoors.

Also known as vernalization, refrigerating seeds is an artificial way to fool them into "thinking" they've gone through winter.

many gardeners struggle with how to sow seeds into the cover crop residue. In this post, we will discuss how to sow in cover crop residue...

Curious if you can make soil blocks using only compost? I tried it, and I've got the results here - check it out!

Looking for how to clean grow bags between uses? We've got the sterilization and washing techniques you're looking for here.

looking to get into starting your garden seedlings indoors? Let's talk about how to choose a grow light for seedlings.

Trap crops are grown to take some of the pest pressure off of your main crops, by being even more attractive to pests.

Finding grubs in your dirt and are wondering if grubs are good or bad for the soil and your garden? We'll demystify it here!

Here in the Sonoran Desert, we've got a unique list of characters who will come to your aid and help keep your plants pollinated.

Cabbage worms aren't worms at all! They're caterpillars and they absolutely LOVE cabbage and other brassicas. Let's look at how to deal...

Gophers are a burrowing rodent and might well show up as a garden pest. Let's talk about how you might deal with gophers in the garden.

To many gardeners, birds in the garden are only seen as an annoying nuisance. Let's learn to see birds as garden pest prevention though.

Hornworms are notorious in gardens, especially on nightshades. We'll explore how to prevent hornworms with natural solutions.

They can be a pain, but that doesn't mean we need to reach for harmful insecticides. Let's talk how to get rid of cucumber beetles naturally