Rooted in Science. Grown for the Southwest
Shop nowI’m Kara Adams, the educator behind Sow Arizona. I create practical, desert-specific gardening education for people growing in the Southwest—for those in search of practices that result in productive, water-wise gardens that work with the natural ecosystem instead of fighting it.
My practices are rooted in science, observation, and real-world experience, with a focus on helping home gardeners understand why things work here, not just what to do.
Through my YouTube channel, writing, and courses, I aim to make gardening in arid climates feel approachable, doable, and rewarding.
I am currently designing and adding digital products in this shop that are designed to support you step by step, from getting started to refining your skills. You’ll find guides, planting calendars, care references, and in-depth resources tailored specifically to Southwest growing conditions—no generic advice, no guesswork.
These downloads are meant to be used in the garden, referenced often, and built upon over time, giving you clear direction, seasonal confidence, and a deeper understanding of how to grow successfully where you live.
Annual Garden Planting Calendar
Take the guesswork out of gardening in the desert with this comprehensive annual planting guide. Designed specifically for Southern Arizona’s climate, this guide provides monthly lists of what to plant, along with bonus pages about:
Learning how to chit and plant potatoes, start and grow sweet potato slips, and use succession planting to enjoy continuous harvests. Understand USDA growing zones in Southern Arizona and how they affect frost dates and planting timing. Discover which varieties are considered summer squash, and take advantage of the monsoon season for a second wave of warm-season crops.
This guide is easy to follow, with photos and lists for each season, which will help keep new gardeners and experienced growers right on time, all year-round.
Understanding Bermuda Grass eBook
Bermuda grass is one of the toughest weeds a gardener will ever face. This book will help you finally understand how to deal with it. This in-depth guide explains how Bermuda grass grows, spreads, and survives in challenging conditions.. You’ll learn how to recognize its underground structures, understand its seasonal energy cycles, and use timing and strategy to make real progress.
You can use this information to help you reclaiming an overrun yard, restore a garden bed, or clear the vegetation for a completely new garden. This eBook offers practical insight that will help you manage one of the major garden adversaries we will face!
Here is what you can expect:
- How Bermuda grass grows, spreads, and survives through heat, drought, and disturbance
- The plant’s anatomy, including rhizomes, with photos
- Seasonal growth and energy storage cycles—and how to use that knowledge to treat it at the best time
- Methods for reducing and eventually eliminating Bermuda grass without herbicides
- Methods that don’t work, or encourage its spread
- When—and only when—chemical control might be considered