🌱 Touch Grass Gardening

Videos

Garden tours, variety showdowns, tastings, and survival reports — all filmed in Queen Creek, Arizona. Click any video to watch it directly on YouTube.

Garden Tours

Season-by-season walkthroughs of the whole yard — every tree, every row, what lived and what didn't.

Fruit Tree & Tropical Oasis in the Sonoran Desert | Fall Arizona Backyard Garden Tour ▶
80:28 · 6.9K views

Fruit Tree & Tropical Oasis in the Sonoran Desert | Fall Arizona Backyard Garden Tour

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A Chinese Garden | Touring My Father-in-Law's Backyard Garden in China (USDA Zone 9) ▶
20:13 · 2.9K views

A Chinese Garden | Touring My Father-in-Law's Backyard Garden in China (USDA Zone 9)

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Yard Tour (Part 2) - Using Tropical Rare Trees, Bamboo, Jujubes, and Nandina to Build a Living Fence ▶
27:32 · 2.5K views

Yard Tour (Part 2) - Using Tropical Rare Trees, Bamboo, Jujubes, and Nandina to Build a Living Fence

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Mini Tour of Blooming Fruit Trees in My Backyard - Citrus, Avocados, Stone Fruits, and more! ▶
9:39 · 918 views

Mini Tour of Blooming Fruit Trees in My Backyard - Citrus, Avocados, Stone Fruits, and more!

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Variety Spotlights

Deep dives on the fruits that actually matter in a Phoenix desert: longan, jujube, citrus, loquat, avocado, and more.

Fruit Trees that are Beautiful and Easy to Care for in Winter (and can take frost!) ▶
12:57 · 2.9K views

Fruit Trees that are Beautiful and Easy to Care for in Winter (and can take frost!)

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My Favorite Rare Fruit Trees Planted in 2024 + How They're Doing After the Hot Arizona Summer ▶
18:14 · 10K views

My Favorite Rare Fruit Trees Planted in 2024 + How They're Doing After the Hot Arizona Summer

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My 3 Fastest Growing Trees - Build Your Yard for Shade, Microclimate, and a BIG Showy Statement ▶
14:38 · 2.6K views

My 3 Fastest Growing Trees - Build Your Yard for Shade, Microclimate, and a BIG Showy Statement

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Mulberry! The Easiest Backyard Fruit Tree for Beginners and Starting Your Fruit Forest ▶
12:53 · 10K views

Mulberry! The Easiest Backyard Fruit Tree for Beginners and Starting Your Fruit Forest

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My Rare Decorative Tropical Tree Collection (6 Varieties You Rarely See in a Desert!) ▶
18:35 · 1.2K views

My Rare Decorative Tropical Tree Collection (6 Varieties You Rarely See in a Desert!)

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6 Avocado Tree Varieties in My Yard... and How They Deal With a Hard Freeze (28F) ▶
13:07 · 3.1K views

6 Avocado Tree Varieties in My Yard... and How They Deal With a Hard Freeze (28F)

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13 Varieties of Citrus in My Yard, and Why Citrus Checks All The Boxes for the Ideal Tree ▶
21:19 · 16K views

13 Varieties of Citrus in My Yard, and Why Citrus Checks All The Boxes for the Ideal Tree

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Heavenly Bamboo (AKA Nandina) - How I Use it in My Yard + Planting in Shade Under Mature Trees ▶
10:17 · 13K views

Heavenly Bamboo (AKA Nandina) - How I Use it in My Yard + Planting in Shade Under Mature Trees

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Growing a Lychee Tree in the Desert and Preparing it for Winter (Freezing Temperatures) ▶
8:17 · 1.6K views

Growing a Lychee Tree in the Desert and Preparing it for Winter (Freezing Temperatures)

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Survival Guides & How-Tos

The desert-specific stuff: beating 120°F heat, surviving freezes, planting in clay soil, and feeding trees.

What to Plant in Spring vs Fall | Living in a Harsh Summer and Winter Environment ▶
11:06 · 412 views

What to Plant in Spring vs Fall | Living in a Harsh Summer and Winter Environment

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Preparing Trees for Spring - 4 Steps to Follow After the Last Freeze of Winter is Over ▶
9:03 · 504 views

Preparing Trees for Spring - 4 Steps to Follow After the Last Freeze of Winter is Over

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How to Create a Temporary Greenhouse in the Bathroom - Overwinter Your Tropical Plants Effortlessly! ▶
8:28 · 900 views

How to Create a Temporary Greenhouse in the Bathroom - Overwinter Your Tropical Plants Effortlessly!

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Regrow a "Dead" Tree! Have a Stump with New Growth? Watch This Video Before Removing It ▶
8:52 · 4.9K views

Regrow a "Dead" Tree! Have a Stump with New Growth? Watch This Video Before Removing It

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Shorts

Quick hits from the yard — blooms, harvests, and 60-second tips.

How I protect my loquat fruit from birds and bugs #loquat #arizonagarden #fruittrees #Zone9B ▶
2.8K views

How I protect my loquat fruit from birds and bugs #loquat #arizonagarden #fruittrees #Zone9B

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Pineapple Guava Bloom Explosion #arizonagardening #touchgrassgardening #tropicalgarden #zone9b ▶
1.8K views

Pineapple Guava Bloom Explosion #arizonagardening #touchgrassgardening #tropicalgarden #zone9b

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My New Favorite Garden Tool | I Used to Dislike Trimming Oleander, But Now It's Kinda Fun #gardening ▶
2.8K views

My New Favorite Garden Tool | I Used to Dislike Trimming Oleander, But Now It's Kinda Fun #gardening

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Most Beautiful Evergreen Fruit Tree in Winter - Longan #zone9 #fruitbearingplant #garden #fruittree ▶
1.3K views

Most Beautiful Evergreen Fruit Tree in Winter - Longan #zone9 #fruitbearingplant #garden #fruittree

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Why Is My Pomegranate Not Sweet?! - My 3 Rules for Sweet Poms | #zone9b #fruittree #garden ▶
3.2K views

Why Is My Pomegranate Not Sweet?! - My 3 Rules for Sweet Poms | #zone9b #fruittree #garden

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Seedling Avocado Tree Adventure - Cutting Down A Tree To Save Two Others #zone9b #arizonagarden ▶
1.2K views

Seedling Avocado Tree Adventure - Cutting Down A Tree To Save Two Others #zone9b #arizonagarden

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Fruit Trees Get Happy as the Monsoon Comes | Desert Garden Zone 9b | Lychee, Loquat, Longan, Avocado ▶
1.1K views

Fruit Trees Get Happy as the Monsoon Comes | Desert Garden Zone 9b | Lychee, Loquat, Longan, Avocado

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Buddha's Hand Citrus (2 Yr Old Tree) #fruittrees #zone9b #arizonagarden #citrus #gardening #garden ▶
877 views

Buddha's Hand Citrus (2 Yr Old Tree) #fruittrees #zone9b #arizonagarden #citrus #gardening #garden

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Rare Tropical Trees I'm Planting This Spring! #backyardgardening #fruittreeplanting #gardening ▶
1K views

Rare Tropical Trees I'm Planting This Spring! #backyardgardening #fruittreeplanting #gardening

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66 videos and counting — new plantings, harvests, and the occasional casualty report as they happen.

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