Garden Tips - LasCruces.com
Pink and orange hibiscus flower in full bloom. Tropical plants

Bring a Bit of the Tropics to Your Yard with Tropical Plants

The desert Southwest, which often receives blazing sun for months and less than 10 inches of rain a year, isn’t…
Read More
red, orange, and yellow blanket flowers.

Combating Climate Change Starts in Your Garden

Gardeners are quite aware of global environmental changes, many of which we experience in our own backyards. In New Mexico,…
Read More

Create An Enchanting Fairy Garden

In midwinter while I was perusing garden books, I discovered Fairy Gardening: Creating Your Own Magical Miniature Garden by Julie…
Read More
close up of bloom from a calliandra eriophylla

Fill Your Garden With Colorful Perennials

When I planted my permanent garden decades ago, I chose only native and drought-tolerant perennials. I considered annuals to be…
Read More
a gorgeous backyard pond.

Just Add Water to Create an Oasis in the Desert

In the desert, water can create an oasis in our backyards. Just the sound of trickling water can help us…
Read More

Thoughtful Gardener: Growing a Cut Flower Garden

As everything escalates in price, many of us are looking for ways to make do, grow our own, or adapt…
Read More

Favorite Gardening Books

With so many people embracing gardening, I thought it would be helpful to provide some resources to ensure success. I…
Read More
Coyote

Thoughtful Gardener | Critters in the Garden

The wide variety of creatures that visit and inhabit my garden bring me joy. True, some may harm plants, however,…
Read More
Hummingbird at flower feeding

Thoughtful Gardener | Create a Hummingbird Garden

Hummingbirds delight in our summer gardens filled with a wide variety of abundantly blooming flowers. However, we can provide more…
Read More