Saturday, June 22nd at 8 am. Join Don Titmus and Jordan Stejskal as they take you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees in Rio Salado Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod […]
Sunday, June 23rd at 8 am. Join Peggy Sue Sorensen and Mike Clow as they take you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees in Granada Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod […]
It's that time of the year - it's time to mill your beans.. choose your appointment slot, and bring us your buckets of dried mesquite pods. We are partnering with The Mollen Foundation to help move this event into a larger community program. They will be running the scheduling and while we are working on a new location, we are still planning on being at the Nursery Lot this year.
Are you ready to grow your own fruit? The Deciduous Fruit Tree PRE-ORDER phase is happening now through October 31st. Click HERE to see what fruit trees, bushes, and vines Options we have. Choose from... Bare root trees: Apples, Apricots, Peaches, Plums, Jujubes and Mulberries. 5-gallon potted options: Mulberries and Mesquites. Grower-potted: Berries (including our […]
Ready to add a Citrus Tree or two to your back yard? The CITRUS PRE-ORDER phase is happening now through August 31st. Click HERE to see what Citrus Options we have. Choose from our 5 or 15 gallon options of: Grapefruit & Pumellos, Kumquats, Lemons, Limes, Mandarins & Tangerines, Oranges & Navels, and Tangelos! NOTE: Our […]
Every year we start our Fruit Tree Program with A Day FULL of Free Fruit Tree Education. This year we have an online event with 5 Speakers, Fruit Tree variety videos, Free Prizes, Early Bird pricing and access to virtually everything you need to know to successfully grow fruit trees in the low desert! We are dedicated to helping you succeed, and this is where we begin.
Ready to pick up your trees and planting supplies? The CITRUS pick up phase is opening with: 6 days in September. If you have never picked up trees from our local Fruit Tree Program we can tell you it is a busy, yet very supportive process. Learn more here
Ready to pick up your trees and planting supplies? The CITRUS pick up phase is opening with: 6 pickup days in September: Friday, Saturday, & Sunday. Sept 26, 27, 28 The General Store will be also open and we will have our familiar bagged soils, fertilizers, and woody mulch. Step 1: Order your Citrus and Planting […]
We have been teaching how to care for trees for many years and with the extreme weather lately we’ve personally had to level up our care to adapt. Through years of research and experience, and the help of our trusted fruit tree experts and mentors, we learned what is working for fruit trees in our extreme climate.
My favorite thing to grow is a fruit tree - you plant it once and reap a bounty for decades. But did you know that you can go into every big box store and most nurseries and they will sell you a fruit tree that will never make fruit? And that made me mad so I started teaching people about how to avoid the pitfalls.
Greg Peterson, Don Titmus and Janis Norton will co-host this class designed to help explain some of the new terms and concepts that are the foundation of permaculture including: What is 'Permaculture' and where this idea came from? Why permaculture can make a difference in our daily lives?
Monday, November 25th at 6pm AZ Click HERE to Register for this online webinar The long term health of fruit trees in our extreme desert climate depends on three aspects of loving and caring for your fruit tree: Planting, watering, and applying fertilizers at the right times. Plants need to eat and drink daily just […]
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