Tulsi Ushers In the Sensation of Spring
Sudha Rani Kailas shares an ode to tulsi, an herb sacred to Indian and Ayurvedic tradition that has found its way to more than one high-desert garden.
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Category: Gardening
Catching the Rain with Reese Baker
Victoriano Cárdenas visits with Reese Baker, a Santa Fe land steward who builds rain gardens that bring office parks and community spaces back to life.
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Desert Dirt and How to Fix It
Casey Williams of Full Circle Soil Health offers prescriptions for how to heal our desert dirt.
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Sharing Space in Your Backyard Habitat
Marisa Thompson offers tips on designing a backyard habitat that welcomes wildlife, focusing on three essential aspects—food, shelter, and water.
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An Inexhaustive Snapshot of Regional Seed Resources
High Desert Seed and Gardens (Montrose, CO) provides a nice selection of open-pollinated...
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Growing Your Future Favorite Tree
Marisa Thompson delves into the arborist mantra, “Right tree, right place,” explaining how to choose your future favorite tree that will thrive in your climate and on your property.
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Harvesting Hornworms
In this edition of Touch and Grow, Marisa Thompson shares strategies for identifying these ubiquitous nightshade pests (hornworms) and giving them a more suitable environment to munch in.
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Flood, Fire, and Flowers
Making Friends through It All Words and Photos by Marisa Thompson Golden currants in the spring....
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Adaptable Ambience with Garden Containers
Brighten outdoor spaces with potted plants this season By Marisa Thompson Container garden. Photo...
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Herb Appeal
The Herb Blurb By Marisa Thompson Talk about a rewarding bunch of plants to grow in New Mexico!...
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Busy Winter Waiting
In “Busy Winter Waiting,” Marisa Thompson addresses a host of winter gardening concerns, including winter watering, mulching, and protecting young trees from a type of trunk splitting known as “southwest injury.”
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