Top 10 Edible Plants, Cactus, and Trees for the Arizona Desert!
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- Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024
- Top 10 Edible Plants, Cactus, and Trees for the Arizona Desert!
In this video Jake Mace shows you his top 10 Edible Sonoran Desert Plants, Bushes, Cacti (Cactus), and Trees for the Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe Area! These edible plants, cactus, and trees can be a beautiful and delicious part of your home landscape!
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Your front yard is like an oasis in the desert!
Thanks for this video!! Saguaro cactus, Netleaf Hackberry, Ironwood tree, Wolfberry, Chupa Rosa, Prickly Pear (Indian Fig variety), Aloe Vera, Florida Blue Palo Verde, Peruvian Apple Cactus, Mesquite tree.
Thank you for the names
Tendré que investigar acerca del cactus de Perú, no he sabido de él. Hay una especie similar por las calles de Lima pero no ha de ser la misma. Al menos nunca he visto que de frutos.
En el Cerrado (semiárido) del Brasil tienen una especie similar, con frutos comestibles , conocida como Mandacarú.
Allá tienen una variedad de frutas y nueces nativas de los dos semiáridos, Cerrado y Caatinga, incluidas palmeras.
Esta el Jujube, la Moringa. Y Vitis arizónica, su especie de viña propia.
Se me olvidaba, en Perú tenemos una especie de Papaya del desierto, muy rústica, conocida como "Mito", su nombre científico es Vasconcellea sp. Tal vez los del vivero la puedan conseguir.😢
I actually live in Tempe, and my husband and I have been talking about turning our front lawn into desert landscaping. You’ve inspired me to just plant a bunch of native edible trees, bushes, and cacti 👍🏻
it's clear to see you're a proud plant dad who connects with the plants, thanks for the tour!!
Awesome video I live in Phoenix Arizona and hung out at Tempe nightclubs for 2 years I'm originally from Florida I'm currently in Missouri but I liked your video good video! I am in to herbs and survival food kind of thing so thank you for your video!
i love you how you outlined the negatives of the rocks ... I live in southern California desert and people are going rock left and right
Same going on in Idaho. People don't know about plants that can handle the heat.
Hi Jake! Greetings from Avondale, AZ...Very inspirational!!!!! Just a note on the Aloe Vera also known as " Sávila", never eat or use the yellow part of the Aloe Vera because that part is poisonous. Regarding the Indian Fig Nopal, you can also make salads with it...cut a raw chunk of it and add it to your orange or grapefruit natural juice with a bit of honey, blend them all together and enjoy, great to control weight and prevent diabetes and several kinds of cancer.... regarding the Mesquite pods, boil them with a plenty of water like when you boil Hibiscus flowers aka "Flores de Jamaica" or the Tamarind pods to make iced sweet infusions just add your fav sweetener and a few drops of lemon or lime to any drink or infusion after boiling them, deshelling and deseeding them, blend all with Ice add your fav sweetener and voilà! you have a very delicious (Agua fresca de Mesquite) or Mesquite drink. There are a lot of recipes for cactus leaves and its fruit known as "tunas" ( pronounced: too-nah in singular or Too-nahs pl) ) that is prickly pears, like salsas with chiltepin peppers (also native ( very expensive if your buy them in the store) and hot small peppers, cilantro, tomatillos milperos also native those are small green/yellowish tomatoes, normally grown wild near the corn crops, sea salt, garlic, onion... except for the tuna, roast everything and then use your mortar set ( molcajete and mano) or use your food processor or blender a few drops of green lime or lemon and enjoy with your fav meal, also "Pitahayas" that is Dragon fruit... and many more for all your edible delicious garden plants and fruits. You will find tons in Spanish recipes for all this edible plants you have in your lovely garden, not that many in English unfortunately here in youtube. I also suggest add to your lovely healthy and delicious garden plants that normally people throw away as an unwanted weeds and they are very healthy and medicinal and use them as normal food, cook with them or use them raw in salads or juices those are: Purslane in Spanish: "verdolagas" and "malva" or the infamous Marshmallow weed that grow everywhere, especially during spring, they are amazing edible plants; the later one even the flowers and the fruits that look like small divided cheeses when tender before they turn hard and become seeds are edible and great for your health, controls blood pressure and keeps the body in shape amongst others like Dandelion "Diente de León" and much more... Great garden loved your video. Blessings!🥰🙏🙏🙏
Thanks 🙏
In Tucson go to the Tohono Chul Gardens you can check them out it's Northwest Tucson and they will tell you when they have the sales all rare specimens
Great video. Love the way you showed native edible plants that don't take a lot of water in the desert! One suggestion: The best bet for mesquites is our native velvet mesquite - not to be confused with non-native Chilean mesquite trees that grow too quickly and have been known to fall over during a storm.
I can confirm the power of aloe Vera as a burn treatment. I am a burn survivor, I was severely burned when I was young, and one of the things my parents used to treat my wounds was aloe. My wounds were dressed every 30 minutes. I was burned over most of my face and arms. But, I healed and survived when the doctors had sent me home to die.
Great video! I live in South Texas which is similar to your area. Some native plants that would thrive in Arizona and give some excellent fruit are: La Coma Tree (saffron plum) , Texas persimmon, Brasil tree (bluewood), ebano tree (ebenopsis). Maybe you already have some of these. Highly recommend!
Hey man, really great video. Vegan Sonoran desert botanist here.
Chupa Rosa in Spanish is “Hummingbird “
Great video! Lots of inspiration for me.
One thing to note, I believe that you should collect the mesquite pods off the tree (or have something to capture them as they fall). They can carry disease once they are on the ground
I'm moving to Arizona this month and this is totally inspiring! I love that those trees grow SO fast! I can be creating shade within a year at my new place. Exciting. :)
Really, I'm moving in a week. Maybe you'll share your shade until I can get my own established
What did you end up planting?
Que bonito se le escucha decir nopales, nopalitos. Me encantan los nopales. Viva México 🇲🇽 Hermooooso jardín. Bendiciones 🕊
Just found you and so happy I did.
I moved from Virginia Beach to Tucson September, 2019 and in the process of doing away with the horrible gravel..
Many types of Wolfberry in the Sonoran Desert and thruout the west in the hottest poorest soils. Seen 6 varieties around Tucson with most producing fruit at different times from early spring to late autumn, best producers are in spring. Hackberries are delicious, watermelon taste, but contain a tannin that is hard on the stomach, only eat a few at a time. Interesting tip about Ironwood!
Thanks! Agreed!
Hey dude, I am not a vegan but your videos are awesome! I am moving to Arizona in a few months and I love watching your videos. Thank you for being so informative and easy to listen to.
Have a good day brotha!
you did a fantastic job on putting your trees and bushes in ..I live in Arizona and doing our back yard ..you yards are just amazing thank you for posting this
Thank you for "teaching" us how to grow, find and live off the land with these amazing plants. We will be heading that way to live off the grid and needed to know more about what and how to grow a garden in AZ. We look forward to watching more of your channel!
Hi there ..can you write name ofv10 trees please
That Peruvian apple cactus is Amazing!
Super useful. I live in the Mohave Desert region of AZ at 3,500' elevation in Zone 8B for plantings. On a quarter acre but a lot of that is septic field. I have been here 1-1/2 years and have some veggies in large containers in part of the yard. Will be doing some renovations on the yard so your tips are helpful. Thanks. Congratulations on your new Fatherhood! Will you be growing Moringa at your tropical homestead property with Nicolle? I am thinking of it myself.
Namaste ty🙏✌️🦀🌵💞
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How do you spell "Chupa Rosa"? (I'm just guessing.)
I also saw the plant above that I said (⬆️) on a hiking trip
+Shadepaw TheWolfGirl you pretty got the spelling right (i think)... if I remember correctly, it's "Chuparosa"
What tree does your neighbor have at 11:09 ???
Use cactus as a hamburger if you beleive in his opinion. Use it in stir fry or omelettes if you want to eat roughage like a Chupa na bra!
your so right about our landscape in Tucson, if I wanted a little snack bam there it is. the Flowers and mesquite trees are my fav! have to try the other plants.
Wow! I live in black canyon city AZ.... all those plants, cactus and trees are all around me....
Thanks for the info ✨
God Bless You Bro....
I am clearing my property in Tempe. Going to be mapping out the yard to take advantage of the native plants.
I'm not an athlete I'm a nerd so I love these videos about dessert plants
The Saguaro is also a psychoactive. Microdosing with it is being looked at as a possible treatment for depression, ptsd, etc. Exciting new possibilities for those who are suffering.
It's very cool that you have defied your regional climate and successfully created your own food forest.
Dude you are awesome! Thank you so much for all of the information! I’m so glad to find someone who is passionate about native plants like I am!🙏🏻
Thanks for sharing this video. I would love to plant all of the top 10 native plants in my yard in the high desert of California.
This was the most helpful and inspiring video I've ever seen on native plants. Thank you so much.
The edible cactus is actually very good and it has a very unique texture!
Ironwood trees keep ground temperatures, on average, 15 F cooler than sun-exposed soil temperatures which can reach 148F+ here in the Sonoran desert. Like mesquites, ironwoods, members of the legume family (peas et al.), also fix nitrogen in the soil. Additionally, because of their density and (unlike yours, so far) slow growth, the heartwood of an ironwood is actually toxic to termites leaving healthy ironwoods relatively unaffected by such pests, the wood from a desert ironwood weighs in at a whopping 66-75 lbs per cubic foot. Lastly, it is thought they can live up to 800 years, however because of their density, ring-count dating is difficult. So, trim that bad-boy back and give yourself some shade on a hot summer day.
Im not vegan,but I can respect the info given. I wanna grow these in the Mojave desert.
Thank you so much for sharing these awesome edible desert plant garden tips !
Oh and I'll recommend your channel to my homeschool moms, would be most interesting topic for the kids. Also your garden site. I wish you a successful journey.
Great video Jake. I love how you lead into each plant and its uses. Thanks you for sharing your knowledge and planting new ideas's (Peruvian Apple).
Ty so much!!! I am going to go all and I mean all of the plants you suggested!! I am so excited to find edible and dessert friendly plants !!
Your soil has been well amended Jake hence the fast growth on those new plants. Its makes all the difference.
So that's the thing about being lost in the desert. You'll die of thirst long before you die of hunger.
Great video. Thanks.
excellent..iam trying very hard to add more edible and native plants to my small yard..as a tucson resident i found this to be exactly what i was looking for. a huge thank you !
I have recently tried Net Leaf Hackberry because of your video. Found a bush while hiking. Had to watch the video for the second time before eating, to make sure I am not going to get poisoned by accident. The first time I watched this video was a year ago.
Oh thank you!!! I needed this information. I’m back to the desert after living in western Washington for a long time. I’m missing my gardening I did up there. This helps.
Food Forrest in Arizona? Brilliant!! Peace Love and Light to you ;)
I love your channel. Well done. Very informative!
Denise Murray Thanks Denise!
i live in Vancouver but i was born and raised for 14 years in AZ. i miss home a lot.
Arizona is such a beautiful place
Awesome! I visit my parents in Florence twice a year and I’m always looking for edible native healing plants. This helped me so much! 👍🏼😁
May I have an arm? Please? We just moved to Arizona from Chicago, not to far from Tempe. To be honest, for us it was like moving to Mars. Everything is so incredibly different from where we grew up, but I can't imagine ever leaving. We absolutely love it here.
Saguaro Cactus
Net Leaf Hackberry
Ironwood Tree
Wolfberry
Chuparosa
Prickly Pear
Aloe Vera
Florida Blue Palo Verde
Peruvian Apple Cactus
Mesquite Tree
More videos like this would be great. Thank you!
I do live on Desert Ca. I am going to try your ideas on my SAND grow . Mix stuff with sand. Lets see if works.
I know this is an old video but Thank you for these ideas.
I also Know you are on a better location with your beautiful family.
Great video Jake. Amazing. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks Lee! :)
VeganAthlete
fuck buying a cactus, i am a just go cut a piece of my neighbor and stick it in the ground in my backyard.
We are a vegan family in AZ. My husband is also an athlete. I wish we had a yard so bad. I want to grow date palms. We buy so much dates and we saw a date palms fruiting in a parking lot in Peoria, all the dates were squished on the ground and walked on. It was inspiring and exciting and sad all at the same time. Ever since them every date pit I throw out I want to cry a bit. Suuuper cool yard bro. We want to do something similar in the future, but all in containers and aquaponics because we are not sure if we want to own land. We want to be able to move it easily. People say aquaponics can't be vegan, but I was thinking rescue fish, they really don't miss their poop, the way cows miss their milk. It is inhumane not to remove the poop anyways and nature will grow plants with poop with or without our help. As long as the fish are given enough space and never eaten and taken good care of, aquaponics could help a lot in a desert climate to be able to grow a subsistence amount of food. Your work here is impressive as well as your knowledge. Thank you.
This is so awesome!!! I just moved to Arizona from Washington a few months ago and have been looking for this knowledge base! Keep posting these videos and I'll watch them all :) thanks for the knowledge brother. Cheers!
I didn't know the Peruvian Apple Cactus flowers were edible!!!! I have so much in my back yard! The arm do fall over tho.... Otherwise it's super pretty! Thanks so much! All those plants you mentioned I have in my yard... So I'm super excited to know you eat them all! 👍
I dont usually give videos a "like" , but you deserve atleast that.
Good job, and nice garden
Trip! I was thinking of the hackberry I learned about in boy scouts at age 13. Tastes like sweet tea. The one we tasted from growing wild in the desert near Mescal, AZ, and was a tree, not a shrub. This was over 50 years ago.
Excellent info on edible native plants! Thank you!
I'm vacationing in CA and found a honey meskeet in front of a brewery. I grabbed some pods on our way out, thanks for the info Jake. Cant wait to try growing them!
Thank you so much I'm just getting started now and I wish I had started a year ago when I first thought about it.
The other thing that is good about the Mesquite, is that it is a good source for firewood, if you were ever in a position to need firewood often.... they regrow rapidly
Nopalitos on the bbq when cooked dice up add lime juice and pinch off salt fash of hot sauce
Makes delicious treat 🤤🤤🤤🤤
I just subscribed. I was looking around for people who gardened in phoenix. You're the best I've seen. I live in north phoenix in the sunburst farms district. I'm fortunate to have well irrigation in Phoenix, and with the wood chips and compost, I don't use city water at all even in July. I think you're a genius, and I can't wait to watch more videos.
Real nice what a blessing!
i love all what you 're saying guy ! i 've found my twin really about talking about the eatable fruit and berries i can find !
Calista Klein 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
You are enjoyable to watch and you know your stuff very well.You need your own TV Program. Thumbs up.
I can watch this over and over, again
Thank you so much, for sharing - amazing
keep up the good work ( no matter what ) - Have a good one !
Jake, I know you've moved on from Arizona, so I don't know if you're still looking back on these older videos and responding to them. Have you ever heard of any communities challenging their Community Associations in order to break free from the requirement of having decomposed granite or similar materials in front yard spaces or xeriscapes in accordance with community guidelines? Did you encounter any initial limitations with your community in establishing your "food forest" landscaping? Thank you if you ever have a chance to respond to this question! Take care on your new venture!
I live in az and its monsoon season I just found a mushroom growing in my garden its huge its growing under my pumpkin patch! I wanted to ask if it is safe to eat its white and has a very large top more than a foot wide is there a way to know if its safe to eat smells great lol😊
I wouldn't:)
Dam I am learning so much. I live in Tucson and just found a 5gal Peruvian Apple Cactus for about $40. I'm picking it up tomorrow. Thanks bud for increasing my plant vocabulary.
awesome video I have been looking for edible plants of the desert for a while. I am originally from Europe where there is an abundance of wild edibles and I am familiar with. This is quite the change, new territory. Thank you so much.
This is so great, I have to relocate and will be living in the desert.
Moving to AZ. This is highly useful info!!
So much great information. Thank you!
Omg, I love you..lol.. your tips are great and your choice in plants is fantastic !
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THANK YOU so much for this excellent info - all in one place!!! Very grateful. :)
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful place and view thanks for sharing
I love ur thinking. Excellent information
De niño solía comer unos frutos color naranja, pequeños y muy dulces que se daban en un arbol espinoso, los llaman granjenos (celtis pallida). Saludos.
awesome, thank you very much. just moved to sedona and I am going to start doing some edible landscaping in my yard. super excited about your channel :)
Your garden is beautiful its giving me so much inspiration ❤
Wow thanks for this video I see these plants often in az. It's really cool how long you've had them!
Deffinatley helpful. Thank you! Im moving to the Pacific northwest but very helpful as i want a very diverse landscape when it comes to flora.
Beautiful desert garden......outstanding! I live in the Pacific Northwest rainforest of Oregon and believe it or not we have two desert cactii species that grow very well here; The CHOLLA and the OPUNTIA (beaver tail). Just give them a little gravel and/or pumice for some drainage and they grow very fast.
Very informative. Thanks.
Thank you for the info. 😉
Amamzing vids as always, but, dont' get me wrong, i can't get why you left this paradise you created with your own hands!!!
my dream is when i got a lot of money -probably when i'lll be old and retired- to have a house and garden like yours!
absolutely beautiful property!! I am moving back to the desert to assist in the spreading of this knowledge! So inspiring :)
Hey! i am a student at ASU: Lake Havasu City and i have been doing a ton of research on the subject of permuculture and Food Forests. I am absolutely obsessed with the ability to grow such productive gardens by using the benefits of multiple plants together. I have been working on a project to design a Food Forest to build up here on an empty lot on the campus and was thinking of using a fish pond as an additional water storage and nutrient source for the plants. Right at the end of the video i noticed you have one in your lot and it looks very similar to what i have in my mind's eye.
Just wondering if you have any tips or advice for that between the construction and utilization of the pond if you have done so or thought about it. Leme know any and all advice is gold!
+VeganAthlete your video is by far most helpful single video i have found so far.. especially for a desert climate!
A used above ground swimming pool will hold several "thousand gallons.I plan on using 4 of them for my desert oasis.
make sure it is not a drowning hazard for kids in the neighborhood
Hi there .we have same desert in my country ..can you write the 10 trees ..god bless you
Wonderful garden a real credit to you and your partner. The tortoise is excellent, does it have a pond to swim in?
Great video dude. Really awesome yard. Thank you
Fantastic video, Jake. Just a point: for those who follows you but are not native english speakers (as me), sometimes is difficult to understand the names of the plants or the ingredients of your garden or recipes. If you could write it in the screen or the description below, will be a great help for us, in order to google it later. Thanks again
Very nice! You have a lot of space around the house! Wonderful !! You gave me an idea of consuming aloe vera. Thank you Jake! :)
Cool! Good luck!
Great video with tons of great info. I will share this with my friends. Thank you. I just subscribed .
Very cool video and you've done a great job on your yard. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much for this video.
Excellent video Jake. I believe there are edible parts of the Cholla cactus too. I know your title is "top 10" but I just thought I should mention that since it grows so abundantly out there.