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 like we do, so fertilizing them once a year just isn’t enough.
As climate chaos accelerates, traditional varieties often fail under extremes of heat, drought, and flooding. Communities are turning to locally adapted, open-pollinated seeds and grassroots breeding programs to ensure food systems survive and thrive in a changing world. These climate-hardy seeds are becoming the ultimate resilience tool. Greg and Bill will reveal the path necessary to take to understand how to create these climate-hardy seeds and become more seed resilient.
Curious about transforming your yard, community, or life through permaculture? Join longtime teachers and practitioners Don Titmus and Greg Peterson for an engaging, 1-hour live chat all about the Permaculture Design Course (PDC) offered at Permaculture.net.
In the Rosie on the House radio show, there is a dedicated hour for questions and answers about growing food in the local desert. On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates...
Come visit the Bee Oasis Urban farm and permaculture demonstration Garden. Experience the 20 years of Permaculture additions….from a xeriscape landscape to a food production homesite.
Take a 90-minute tour of a family-run urban farm in Tempe. Join us to see a farm rooted in sustainability, community, and abundant growing in the low desert. During this guided experience, you’ll also explore a thriving market garden & seedling production area growing climate-adapted vegetable starts using permaculture principles.
Curious about transforming your yard, community, or life through permaculture? Join longtime teachers and practitioners Don Titmus and Greg Peterson for an engaging, 1-hour live chat all about the Permaculture Design Course (PDC) offered at Permaculture.net.
Beyond agriculture, seeds carry cultural memory and ecological heritage. By treating them as part of the commons—like air and water—communities are safeguarding biodiversity through cooperative seed banks, swaps, and indigenous stewardship. The seed commons reframes seeds as shared wealth, ensuring they remain accessible for generations to come. Greg and Bill will offer a few examples of the Seed Commons and demonstrate how they are impacting communities and self-sufficiency
In the Rosie on the House radio show, there is a dedicated hour for questions and answers about growing food in the local desert. On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates...
