This week YHEP Instructor, Nicole Hansen shows you how you can grow tomatoes successfully here in the Mojave Desert.

Hansen, N. 2020, Grow Tomatoes in the Mojave Desert, Extension, University of Nevada, Reno, YouTube Channel

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Tricia Braxton Perry
Tricia Braxton Perry
Nicole Hansen
Nicole Hansen
Angela O'Callaghan
Angela O'Callaghan
 

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