It's tricky to grow a thriving garden in the High Desert, much harder once the daylight hours are sliced come winter. Non-mulched trees wither in the freezing temperatures and herbs trying to ...

As someone who has spent a lot of time in the high desert towns of Joshua Tree and ... lies outside the natural range of the spiky Joshua trees that lend its better-known neighbors so much of ...

Desert plants may have to go without fresh water for years at a time. Some plants have adapted to the arid climate by growing long roots that tap water from deep underground. Other plants ...