Sustainable Living Tucson

As a "would-be citizen scientist", I guess it's time to share my observations about the impacts of our crazy weather on our fr...

The nurse tree mesquite provides shade and nitrogen for the baby saguaro and hackberry It's been a while since I've blogged about my...

A few days ago I noticed a bunch of dried poppy plants in a neighbor's yard. We were already using our dried poppies for mulch since mos...

I always enjoy sharing my knowledge about sustainability with the next generation . So I was especially excited to give a tour of our rainwa...

What a joy! There has been a nice steady rain all day long - the kind of flow that sinks so well into our catchment basins. If only our phot...

That's right. That's me watering my weeds... the edible purslane I planted in my yard, that is.  I had this brilliant idea that I co...