winter gardening

In the dead of winter, so many trees look skeletal – bare branches with dead leaves on the ground surrounding them. Even here in the desert southwest, you…

Sunday was bitterly cold in Las Vegas -- at least by Southern Nevada standards. But a warming trend on the way, with upper-60s coming in the next two…

Norm Schilling has his notes on a tried and true favorite for the desert - the Red Yucca.[[field:story]]

The winter solstice has passed but we’re still in the middle of winter here in the valley. That is if you can call 60-degree weather a real winter. So how…

This winter’s been a relatively wet one, so it really shouldn’t come as such a big shock when many plants in this region respond to the abundance of…

It’s the first day of February. Nights are still a bit chilly – generally in the 40s. Days are getting up there into the 60s.It might be the right weather…

It might be cool outside but if you want healthy shrubs, roses and trees around your home, get outside and get busy says Norm Schilling. Starting small is…