Temperatures are cooling down – some – in the Las Vegas valley, and Norm Schilling has a look at the casualties of summer.

Nobody would ever call the Mojave Desert a commercially important fruit production region, but home orchards are popular, and no wonder.

An aging pool brings all kinds of problems.  Even though we love the lush look of plants surrounding a pool, Norm Schilling explains it's a potentially expensive dilemma.

Over a decade ago on this show, I talked about the opening of Cooperative Extension’s office in Green Valley.

Resist the urge to feed the bad habits of your desert trees says Norm Schilling.  There's water from the sky this week, but let desert trees do what they do best.

Before Summer heat kicks in Norm Schilling says take advantage of a window for transplanting. Some of the commonest plants in our yards are easy to propagate and now’s the time to do it.

If you’ve really been unlucky, you might have looked at your yard, vegetable garden or raised bed and discovered that you had an abundance of a white-flowered vining plant just appearing all over.

Agave’s grow to be impressive large plants here. Norm Schilling takes a tour of his specimens in this edition of Desert Bloom.

Missed the super bloom in Death Valley - plan for one in your own yard next year!