Blooming Deserts: Rick's Garden and Landscape Blog

Outdoor plants must thread their way through many hazards during the hot months of summer in order to survive, but perhaps the most comm...

Clouds building over the Mogollon Rim and storms along the Sierra Madre indicate that the monsoon rains will soon arrive and now is the t...

Before you mash, repel, or spray those insects in your garden, make sure that they are not “beneficial,” that is, one of the “goo...

Birds can devastate young vegetable seedlings or ruin fresh fruit in the blink of an eye but if we know what to do, and take action befo...

While often peaceful, the garden or landscape is not always the safest place to work.         No one really wants to lose fingers or t...

Because they have the unique ability to take energy directly from another plant, the various species of mistletoe can cause the slow, stea...

In a hurry up world where life seems to constantly accelerate and the day-to-day challenges appear to bring ever more stress, plants can imp...