We turned weeds into wildflowers & pavement into oases!

Planting rain, community, & ecology in the hood Discover how to create a vibrant, food-producing, and wildlife-friendly neighborhood native plant forest with free irrigation strategies and forested traffic calming. This video showcases how even in the Sonoran Desert, roof & street runoff can be utilized for free water WITHOUT TANKS or pipes, promoting sustainable living and green infrastructure. Learn about how to foster a thriving rain-irrigated native food forest in your community, along with how to better identify and encourage multi-use native plants (the plants that co-evolved with your local climate, soils, & wildlife), while removing the invasive non-native plants. ⬇️ BUY MY BOOKS at deep discount direct from me: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/s... 🌱 SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER: https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/c... CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro 1:27 Non-native, invasive London rocket mustard (Sisymbrium irio) 1:39 Native globemallow (Sphaeralcea ambigua) 1:54 hula hoe & how to use weeds as mulch BEFORE they seed 2:34 Native Hoary bowlesia (Bowlesia incana) 2:52 Native Common Fiddleneck (Amsinckia menziesii intermedia) 3:03 Harvesting roof runoff within public rain gardens for free irrigation 3:19 Non-native, invasive Stock (Matthiola parviflora) 3:29 Native California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) 3:34 Non-native, invasive Cheeseweed (Malva parviflora) 3:48 Advantages of native plants for native pollinators and other wildlife. Native blue palo verde (Parkinsonia florida) 4:08 Native solitary bee species and birds supported by staghorn cholla & other native cacti 4:37 Non-native, invasive sow thistle (Sonchus oleraceus) 4:51 When I remove weeds, I SEED 6:16 Native Fairy duster (Calliandra eriophylla) 6:20 Natve Greythorn (Ziziphus obtusifolia) 6:23 Native Red justicia (Justicia candicans) 6:30 Native Yierba de venado (Porophyllum gracile) 7:01 Native wolfberry (Lycium fremontii) - our native gogi berry 7:20 Native wildflower sign to help with plant identification 8:21 PlantNet app for plant identification 9:20 Native Penstemon parryi 10:48 Native Desert senna (Senna covesii) 11:03 Native Desert ironwood (Olneya tesota) 11:09 Native Desert broom (Baccharis sarothroides) 11:13 Native Barrel cactus (Ferocactus wislizeni) 11:30 Native birds our neighborhood forest is supporting 12:08 Native Canyon hackberry (Celtis reticulata) 12:28 Native solitary bee houses and habitat 12:37 Water-harvesting traffic-calming chicane creation & transformation 13:24 Native Desert plantain (Plantago ovata) 13:29 Water-harvesting traffic-calming traffic circle creation & transformation 14:06 Native Foothills palo verde (Parkinsonia microphyllum) 14:37 Native Arizona twist flower (Streptanthus carinatus ssp. Arizonicus) 14:50 Native bladderpod (Physaria gordonii) 15:14 How to tell native and non-native annual mustards apart 16:25 Why native plants are better for butterflies, moths (their caterpillars), and birds 17:25 Why invasive, non-native plants out compete natives - they are not edible to much of the native wildlife, and thus they don't have natural controls or native beneficiaries 18:14 Non-native, invasive Mediterranean grass (Schismus barbatus and S. arabicus) 18:42 Feeding non-native, invasive weeds to goats and chickens 18:58 Native wildflower mixes from Wildlands Restoration 19:43 First, plant the rain. Then planting the wildflower seed at beginning of rainy season. 21:14 Chicanes full of harvested stormwater 21:25 Native Gooding's verbena (Glandularia gooddingii) 21:30 How to know what plant to plant where 21:45 CAUTION: Only use plants for food and medicine when you are sure you have correctly identified them, and you know how to process and utilize. Native brittlebush (Encelia farinosa) 22:03 Native Sonoran Justicia (Justicia sonorae) & more resources 22:22 Tucson Bird Alliance Habitat at Home program LIKE THIS VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Harvestin... RAIN-IRRIGATED NEIGHBORHOOD NATIVE FOOD FORESTRY resources https://dunbarspringneighborhoodfores... Evolving TUCSON MULTI-USE NATIVE PLANT LIST - recommended plants for use in Sonoran Desert green infrastructure https://tucsonnativeplants.com/ RAIN GARDEN PLANTING ZONES - what to plant and where https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/r... PLANTS FOR GOATS & CHICKENS https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/r... RESOURCES FOR HUMAN (and other animals) USES OF NATIVE PLANTS https://dunbarspringneighborhoodfores... INVASIVE NON-NATIVE PLANTS TO REMOVE in the Sonoran Desert https://dunbarspringneighborhoodfores... STORMWATER & STREET RUNOFF HARVESTING https://www.harvestingrainwater.com/w...