Arizona homestead

Here's what you need to know about Arizona off-grid laws for rainwater harvesting, wells, electricity, outhouses, compost toilets and more.

You can grow vegetables in Phoenix Arizona. Create a backyard garden with all of your favorite veggies. Easy steps to create your own garden

How do you garden in the scorching hot desert? What is the best way to water a desert garden? Arizona gardening may have its challenges... But if you can get them right you can have a stunning garden!

With the right varieties and a little knowledge, you can grow plenty of fruit trees in the desert. Here are ten fruit trees to you can grow.

I have had a hard time wrapping my head around the whole planting season here in Phoenix, which is mildly problematic because I have really been bitten by the garden bug. We’re preparing our soil for the new year planting (see, it’s confusing here, no?) and at FHE tonight we planted our seeds in cupsContinue Reading

A decades-old neighborhood project in Tucson provides food to residents as well as shade to cool streets in the third-fastest warming city in the US

Our food supply has been corrupted. It seems that every few weeks there is yet another report of e-coli in our beef, salmonella in our peanut butter,...

Discover 16 highly productive fruit trees you can plant and grow in your Arizona garden today. Find out which one best suits your garden!

Arizona gardening calls for a permaculture garden design--even in small backyards. Learn great water saving methods for our Phoenix summers. Vegetable gardening can be hard in our harsh desert climate, but with the right methods, we live in one of the best states!

This guide lists out the best animals for 1 acre homesteads, how much room they need to thrive, where to locate their housing & the benefits to consider before deciding to add them to your homestead.