Grazing animals can destroy many desert plants and animals ... ways to rotate crops to protect the fragile soil, and plant sand-fixing bushes and trees. Planting leguminous plants, which extract ...

Far from being barren wastelands, deserts are biologically rich habitats with a vast array of animals and plants that have adapted to the harsh conditions there. Some deserts are among the planet ...

This year’s crop of about 30 Christmas trees was packed into a large ditch left by an earlier downpour, so future rainfall will remain on site to spur the growth of native desert plants.

Non-mulched trees wither in the freezing ... Tips from gardening experts for the winter. High Desert resident Chris Jackson recommends keeping plants covered up during hard frost periods in ...