Tag: Gardening

College of Agriculture and Life Sciences – October 2014

Vegetable gardening in the desert Having trouble with your tomatoes? Join Sarma Spitzer, Tohono Chul Docent, as she explains the basics of vegetable gardening with consideration given to the challenges of gardening in an extreme environment. The emphasis will be on small space, container and raised bed gardening aimed at including edibles in a landscape.…

The Transplanted Gardener

Zann Wilson ASTROPHYTUM CACTI Most newcomers to desert gardening are put off by the many cacti that insist on fighting us with dangerous spines and glochids. It is refreshing to the aspiring gardener to find a cactus which is uniquely architectural in appearance and yet accepts a friendly touch without drawing human blood. Astrophytum myriostigma…