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SONORAN DESERT NATIVE PLANTS Desert Survivors Native Plant Nursery Spadefoot Native Plant Nursery Pima County Native Plants Nursery Arizona Native Plant Society- Native Trees; Sonoran Desert Series Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society |
READING RESOURCES Reading the Desert: Literature and Drylands Climate Change in the Sonoran Desert A Traditional Saguaro Harvest at Saguaro National Park Agave Power: Revolutionizing Agroforestry When the Rains Come (Alcock) Sonoran Desert Summer (Alcock) Sonoran Desert Spring (Alcock) Gathering the Desert (Nabhan) Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert (Hodgson) The Desert Smells Like Rain (Nabhan) Mesquite: An Arboreal Love Affair (Nabhan) From I'Itoi's Garden (TOCA) At the Desert's Green Edge (Rea) A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert (ASDM) Southwest Foraging (Slattery) Southwest Medicinal Plants (Slattery) Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest (Kane) The Alchemy of the Desert (Scherer) | SEASONAL MESQUITE HARVESTING and PROCESSING Best Harvest Practices: (pdf) Low Risk Harvest Conditions (pdf) Frequently Asked MesQuestions (pdf) Avoiding Aflatoxins (pdf) More on Aflatoxins (pdf) Aflatoxin Test Kits (1) (pdf) Aflatoxin Test Kits (2) (pdf) Simmering Pods into Broth (pdf) Grinding Pods into Flour DESERT FOODS CAN FEED YOU- Native Food Guides in English and Spanish Podar-Árboles-Nativos-del-Desierto-Sonorense2.pdf Prickly-Pear-Fruit-and-Pads.pdf Palo-Verde-Español2 Trifold.pdf Palo-de-Fierro-del-Desierto-Trifold.pdf |
HONORING PAST and PRESENT The Hohokam Millenium (Fish) The Hohokam: Ancient People of the Desert (Noble)Papago Woman (Underhill) Tohono O'odham Nation- History & Culture Tohono O'Odham Nation Cultural Center and MuseumHow to Be an Ally to Indigenous People Archaeology Southwest | PERMACULTURE Intro to Permaculture (Mollison) Gaia's Garden (Hemenway) The Resilient Farm and Homestead (Falk) Permaculture (Holmgren) |
RELATED WEBSITES LEAF: Linking Edible Arizona Forests LEAF Network is a community-based organization with the mission to link people with the benefits of edible trees and support edible trees with people’s stewardship. Dunbar/Spring Neighborhood Foresters |