Desert landscapes need additional deep watering only three or four times each year. Give them deep watering when the air temperatures get hot — don’t wait.
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Their areas of origin and how they have evolved make the watering requirements for mesic plants and xeric plants vastly different.
Pomegranate handles heat from a hot wall better than either apricot or peach. Anything you plant there should be heat tolerant.
EDDHA can be a miracle iron application with yellowing citrus when all your other efforts fail.
Never spray a plant that is flowering with anything. That’s a death knell to bees and their colonies.
Lincoln County’s Kershaw-Ryan State Park has a wading pool, camping for tents and RVs, hiking and birds aplenty.
Major pruning of ornamental trees and shrubs is done during the winter months after leaves have fallen. Minor pruning (making a single cut with a hand pruner) can be done anytime.
You can hike, golf, swim and even play in the snow all in the same day, and it’s only about four hours from Southern Nevada.
There are two strikes against citrus growing well in the Mojave Desert. The first is their variable tolerance to freezing temperatures during the winter. The second strike is that oftentimes citrus trees flower in early spring when very light freezing temperatures are possible. Tolerance to these freezing temperatures is practically nil.
Q: The leaves on my fig tree appear burned after this rain. I foliar sprayed it with neem oil and soap and fish protein isolate. These trees were planted last fall and mulched with 1 foot of woodchips and looked amazing until now. They are watered three times each week in the summer.
Q: Look what my husband did? He cut my saguaro below the seams before consulting with me. I know it looked kind of sick (the tree, not my husband), but he cut it. I am going to cut those chunks all the way down.
Q: Do you have a recommended type or brand of asparagus that does well here in Southern Nevada? I read your blog, and you noted the purple varieties are sweeter, but do they grow as well as other types?
Q: I have a lawn that did not do well this last summer. It browned and had a few patches that had some sort of infection and die-off. We added compost in early fall, and the lawn perked up quite a bit, but it browned again considerably even though it is a fescue blend that should remain green through our winter. I think it probably needs another application of compost at some point. When should I add compost again?
You are a superhero. It might not be immediately apparent, but your powers are many. You can leap high, jump far, lift heavy objects and hear things your parents would rather you didn’t. And in the new book “Dinosaur Boy Saves Mars” by Cory Putman Oakes, you may be able to singlehandedly stop a terrible interplanetary crisis.
Footloose Las Vegans travel in all directions of the compass but tend to reserve southerly excursions for colder months. You still have time for at least one more trip southward before the weather warms too much.
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One look at a thermometer is enough to remind us that summer’s heat is still bearing down on Southern Nevada. But the pleasant days and cooler nights of fall will be here soon—and with them comes the perfect time of year to convert your thirsty grass to water-efficient landscaping.
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Gov. Joe Lombardo launched his re-election campaign in what is expected to be a competitive race in 2026.
Superintendent Jhone Ebert said the school district must uphold free speech while also keeping students safe.
Markeisha Foster was one of two people accused of leaving Reba the bulldog in a taped-shut plastic container outside a Las Vegas supermarket in July 2024.
The Bureau of Land Management requires homebuilders get a grant to run basic utilities and other services through its land, a process that can take up to three years because of government backlog and red tape.
