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Desert Gardens Homestead

Welcome to Desert Gardens Homestead!

I grow food where plants are supposed to die.

On this channel, I share how I use Natural Farming, Permaculture, and plenty of goat drama to turn dead desert dirt into living soil. If it can be fermented, composted, or chopped and dropped, I’ve probably tried it (and filmed it).

Here’s what I cover:

• Desert Gardening That Works: Soil building with weeds, deep mulch, food forest layering, and heat-proof crops that don’t throw tantrums at 110°F.
• Livestock Shenanigans: Goats, chickens, and why they’re either helping build soil… or escaping and eating it.
• Free Fertilizer Hacks: FPJ, JADAM brews, worm bins, and compost piles that smell like victory.
• Real Homesteading Mistakes: Because sometimes the best way to learn is by messing up... on camera.

If you're tired of overpriced gardening gimmicks and want to grow more with less, hit subscribe.
I’m in Tucson, AZ Zone 9a. Let’s grow wild.

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19:36

My Journey Turning 2 Acres of Sonoran Desert Into a Food Forest

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10:27

Everyone Hates Bermuda Grass…I Use It to Build My Food Forest

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Shared 1 week ago

589 views

3:50

This Is One Weird Kumquat! Centennial Variegated Kumquat

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Shared 2 weeks ago

447 views

8:40

The Sonoran Desert Already Had Its Own Goji Berry

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Shared 2 weeks ago

537 views

8:32

I Actually WANT My Neighbor's Kitchen Scraps...Here's What I Do With Them

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Shared 3 weeks ago

669 views

8:08

Caterpillars Are Destroying My Plants...And I'm Letting Them

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Shared 3 weeks ago

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2:10

More Rain! Tucson Swales FULL for the 8th Time This Season!

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Shared 4 weeks ago

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16:12

These Trees Were a Mistake

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Shared 1 month ago

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13:15

My Moringa Actually Ripened Seeds Before the Frost

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Shared 1 month ago

635 views

14:04

I Planted This Moringa Tree 12 Years Ago. Here's What Happened.

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Shared 1 month ago

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23:13

Can You Air Layer Fruit Trees in September? Let’s Find Out

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Shared 1 month ago

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6:31

I Almost Gave Up on This Tree. 12 Years Later...

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Shared 1 month ago

772 views

3:39

I Found a Passion Fruit! Is It Any Good?

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Shared 1 month ago

831 views

10:24

I Grew a Pomegranate From Seed. This Is What I Got.

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Shared 1 month ago

887 views

9:52

Oldhamii Bamboo: The Privacy Hedge I Wish I'd Planted First

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4:52

I Dug Swales in the Sonoran Desert. Then This Happened.

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11:29

The Monsoon Hit the Desert. Then These Appeared Everywhere.

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Shared 1 month ago

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20:03

The Flood Breached My Swales...Then Everything Flooded. Part 2.

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10:32

The Swales Held...Then the Rain Got Worse Part 1.

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16:44

My Nursery Got Completely Out of Control

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3K views

6:18

Can’t Grow Passion Fruit? Grow This Instead!

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Shared 2 months ago

455 views

12:23

The Monsoon Took Over My Desert Garden!

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Shared 2 months ago

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22:40

I Planted Bananas in the Sonoran Desert. Here's What Happened.

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Shared 2 months ago

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8:57

I Built Swales in the Sonoran Desert-10 Years Later

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Shared 2 months ago

108K views

19:43

The Jujube Tree That Pays Me to Own It

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Shared 2 months ago

1.1K views

13:46

We Just Got Hit by a Desert Monsoon

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Shared 2 months ago

7.2K views

13:50

I Stopped Buying Fertilizer...My Garden Got Better!

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Shared 2 months ago

1K views

13:18

Some Of My Most Valuable Plants Have Never Produced Fruit

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Shared 3 months ago

311 views

10:41

The Soil Secret Behind My 200+ Fruit Trees

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Shared 3 months ago

794 views

13:38

Why Modern Gardening Feels So Hard

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Shared 3 months ago

179 views

17:34

Why Permaculture Works When Gardening Fails

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Shared 3 months ago

380 views

11:00

This Desert Parasite Might Secretly Help Your Soil (Desert Mistletoe)

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Shared 4 months ago

348 views

11:03

I Grow 200 Fruit Trees in the Desert. Here's Why I Mulch Everything.

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Shared 4 months ago

2.6K views

8:01

Why Most Desert Gardens Fail (And How to Fix It)

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Shared 4 months ago

371 views

12:24

Why I Stopped Fighting Bermuda Grass

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Shared 4 months ago

417 views

8:15

Bamboo in the Desert...Worth It or a Huge Mistake?

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Shared 4 months ago

563 views

9:52

Your Fruit Tree Looks Healthy…But Won’t Fruit? Here’s Why

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Shared 5 months ago

874 views

10:44

Why Mulberries Dominate the Desert

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Shared 5 months ago

492 views

9:10

I Turned My Old Chicken Pens Into Food Forests (Almost Free)

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Shared 5 months ago

844 views

8:17

Pallet Grape Arbor: Years Later (Was It Worth It?)

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Shared 5 months ago

224 views

27:11

From Sand to Roots: My Real Propagation Results

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Shared 5 months ago

507 views

6:05

This Isn’t Your Fruit Tree…And You Didn’t Notice

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Shared 6 months ago

215 views

10:40

Loquat Tree: The Most Underrated Fruit Tree (Why It Might Be My Favorite)

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Shared 6 months ago

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9:14

What’s Under This Tree Made It EXPLODE

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Shared 6 months ago

217 views

8:03

This Changed How I See Gardening Forever (It’s All About Energy)

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Shared 6 months ago

247 views

5:18

Decentralized Gardening: How to Build a Self-Sustaining Garden

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Shared 6 months ago

922 views

15:46

The Grafting Trick Anyone Can Do

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Shared 7 months ago

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13:26

Turn 1 Branch Into 20 Trees (Step-by-Step Propagation Guide)

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Shared 7 months ago

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7:58

I Had Too Many Eggs…So I Fed Them to My Soil

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Shared 7 months ago

1K views

6:22

How To Use Expired Pantry Food As Free Garden Fertilizer

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Shared 7 months ago

777 views

8:42

The 3-Branch Rule That Fixes Most Pruning Mistakes

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Shared 8 months ago

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12:17

How to Activate Bone Biochar for Living Soil (Step-by-Step Method)

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Shared 8 months ago

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19:51

Bone Biochar: Turning Waste Bones Into Phosphorus for Living Soil

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Shared 8 months ago

768 views

20:00

The Truth About Growing Citrus in the Sonoran Desert

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Shared 8 months ago

335 views

3:20

How I Turn Loss Into Fertility in My Garden (Natural Farming Method)

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Shared 8 months ago

268 views

3:46

This Microclimate Trick Lets You Grow Outside Your Zone

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Shared 8 months ago

209 views

15:47

This Simple Greenhouse Trick Pushes Your Growing Zone

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Shared 9 months ago

202 views

8:29

Winter Is When You Set Up Your Garden for Spring

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Shared 9 months ago

157 views

5:15

Why I Leave “Weeds” All Winter (They’re Doing Free Work)

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Shared 9 months ago

332 views

14:25

In Loving Memory of Lizzie

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Shared 1 year ago

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