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Water is crucial to desert gardens, but the nature of the desert is to be miserly with water. Now's the time to start thinking and planning water-wise solutions.

Average rainfall in most North American deserts is between 10 and 18 inches per year. Rainfall runoff from an average home there can mean tens of thousands of gallons of

However you spell it: pinyon, pinion or pinon (with a tilde), this native of southwestern and western North America has some unique growing habits.

Use of harvested rainwater to irrigate your desert landscape is cost-effective and wise.

Waterwise gardeners should consider drip irrigation systems. They stretch water supplies and get more water to plant root zones.

Model train landscapes are fantastic miniature versions of the real world recreated in astonishing detail. Learn how it's done and create one today.

The English Lake District offers mountain-bikers everything from manmade singletrack to wild trails over high summits and passes, in Earth's most celebrated scenic area.

Built to protect the Roman Empire from the savage Picts, Hadrian's Wall still exists today as excavated ruins across Britain.

Planting a rain garden is a great family project. Choose from a list of deep rooted plants that can attract butterflies or birds and becomes a low maintenance garden.

Scotland, where the bicycle began, is the best place on the planet for mountain biking, and that's official.

Ways to reduce water use in the garden include mulching, plant selection and water harvesting.

Among the towering bamboo and flowering Japanese plum and cherry trees they lurk - two huge Komodo dragons make the Jacksonville Zoo's Asian Bamboo Garden Exhibit home.

Architecture for Humanity's Open Architecture Challenge 2009 results in the design of winning learning environments for students in underfunded school districts.

Marie-Helene Premont takes women's cross-country title at Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup on Saturday 7 June 2008 in Scotland.

Exploring the network of top-class dedicated mountain bike centres from Snowdonia to South Wales; forest singletrack, wilderness trails and much more.

Fourteen titles will be decided over three days of Fort William Mountain Bike World Cup held from Friday 6 June to Sunday 8 June 2008 in Scotland.

Host to the 2007 UCI Mountain Bike and Trials World Championships, the Nevis Range and Leanachan Forest, Fort William is open to MTB riders for downhill training.

Taking that first cut when pruning is often difficult. Will the tree or shrub recover? For gardeners cherishing their trees and shrubs pruning is not easy, but necessary.

A crazy ice-skating/boardercross combination race called Red Bull Crashed Ice that defies logic and description is run annually, and this year it's in Quebec City, Quebec

A ski-snowboard vacation to Queenstown on New Zealand's South Island that included four ski areas continues at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

Desert sand verbena begins spreading across the ground in mats after late-winter rains wet the soil.

Before Japan seized the U.S. market, the fastest production motocross and off-road motorcycles were often produced by a handful of smaller European companies.

Find the language of off-road riding familiar when supporting someone interested in mountain bikes. Pick up some key terms and words about cycling in this glossary.

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