AZ Desert Botanical Garden sale this weekend. Plan on getting one palo verde and one ironwood for their pods. I already have two mesquites, but not sure what kind. If I see a good deal on velevet mesquite I am getting that two. Where I did my research…. http://www.desertharvesters.org/
Archive for the ‘mesquite’ Category
Off the chain
Posted: March 11, 2011 in animals, backyard, Health, insects, mesquiteTags: insects, spiders
Or at least off the web. I think I angered the spiders when I pruned and straightened the mesquite trees. I got webs showing up throughout the yard. Before I only had a couple of webs on two of the mesquite trees. The vastly increased mass of spider webs that I am now regularly encountering [...]
I am pleased to say I was stung by a bee
Posted: March 7, 2011 in backyard, garden, Health, medicinal, mesquite, plantsTags: apocalyptic gardening, arizona desert, bee sting, creosote, sonora desert
While I was trimming the mesquite trees this weekend I was stung by a bee. I have always been nervous about bees since I was stung as child and swelled up like Charlie Sheen’s head. Also, once in Oaxacca I ate a bunch of grasshoppers and woke up that night covered in hives, and sweating [...]
What I have learned about Mesquite trees
Posted: February 24, 2011 in desert, edible, Fall, food, mesquite, Sonoran desert, Summer, to do, wildTags: arizona desert, edible, fall, food, mesquite, sonora desert, summer
I been studying desert trees because The Arizona Desert Botanical Garden is going to have their spring sale on March 18 and 19th, and I want to know what I should get to add to the backyard. The Velvet Mesquite is the best type of mesquite tree to plant. Pick the bean (or pod) from [...]
The barter system just grows on trees
Posted: February 23, 2011 in arizona, backyard, desert, edible, medicinal, mesquite, Sonoran desert, survivalTags: arizona desert botanical garden, backyard, cooking, food, ironweed, mesquite, palo verde
The Arizona Desert Botanical Garden is going to have their spring sale on March 18 and 19th. I am getting ready by figuring out what plants they will most likely have that would be good to have growing in the backyard for when civilization conks out. Thanks to itsadisaster over at the American Preppers Network Forum, I [...]
