Fruit Trees That Thrive in the Desert - Most Easy, Some Challenging

Alright! This is John Kohler with growingyourgreens.com. Today we have another exciting episode for you. Today I'm here in Las Vegas, Nevada at the home of Derek Martinez. Links down below to some of the videos I've made with Derek in the past. I've been coming here for a number of years and you know, here's the thing. Derek is the man if you guys want to grow tropical fruit trees in Las Vegas. If you're like from a foreign country and you move to Vegas and you're like, I can't grow tropical fruit because they always die, you definitely want to give Derek a call because he's experimented. He continues to experiment. He's planted a lot of trees. He's lost a lot of trees. He told me stories about how he lost some of the trees. And more importantly, the cool thing about Derek is that now he has customers all over the valley from Henderson to the different areas of Vegas. So now he's even expanding his skills by planting different tropical fruit trees in different locations around the valley to see where it's easier, where it's harder and actually he learned that where he's growing is one of the hardest places. Anyways, despite being hard, he has plenty of tropical fruit, some of which we are tasting today and I think the main reason for this tour, because I've done many tours here at Derek's, is I want to share with you guys the easiest fruit trees to plant in Las Vegas so that you can be successful if you don't want to hire Derek. You know, of course if you want to grow some of these ultra-tropical fruit trees then you definitely want to hire Derek for his expertise on where to place the plants, more importantly how to build soil, how to water the plants and he'll even come over to your place and take care of your trees and vegetables for you so you can have food without doing much. Anyways, let's go around his garden and share with you guys what he's growing. Alright, probably the easiest thing for me to do is do a hand cam and we'll probably stop at a couple different locations. So walking on in, you can see he has lots of sugar cane. I came over last winter time when he was harvesting the sugar cane. We juiced a lot of it. It tasted sweet. It's definitely good. He's got a bunch of different fig trees. You know, one of the things about Derek is that he nets all his fruits, otherwise the birds get them. Here's a nice orange that's still ripening up. One of the best fruit trees that he has that is easy is the Asian pears. They love the full sun. You guys can see this is loaded up. He's got all the fruit bagged up. Of course, the Meyer lemons he has here also. And then he grows a lot of things from seeds, so this is a pomegranate from seed. Here's another very easy tree to grow that makes fruit like apples. They're known as jujubes. This happens to be the sugar cane jujube tree. So I think I'll go ahead and try one of these today. Alright, so we're going to go ahead and pick a sugar cane jujube. This is what they look like. They can be eaten. You know, once they're to size, they should be pretty sweet. I'm not sure if these maybe need to get a bit riper. I'm not seeing any kind of like turn. They'll start to turn color on the tree, but nonetheless, you can still eat them when they're like this. So let's go ahead and try it. Basically like a crunchy apple. This one definitely needs some more time on the tree to get sweeter. But good nonetheless, jujube is super simple to grow here in Vegas. Alright, another easy tree that Derek grows are his apples. He has several different varieties of apples. Once again, got to cover them all up or the birds get them. Over here we have a shishankey pear. So actually I think I'm going to go ahead and harvest one today for you guys on the video. Alright, so you guys can see he's basically bagging up all his fruits in these bags so the birds can't get them. But he has a few uncovered right here. So these seem pretty nice to me. They really have a nice color. These are Asian pears. So you can eat them hard like an apple. I prefer actually the Asian pears over the apples. They have a nice crunch and a nice flavor to them. Wow, that's actually a really sweet Asian pear. I was not expecting that being grown in Vegas. I've had other Asian pears grown in Vegas. Definitely not that sweet. Derek definitely grows some good fruit. Alright, other fruit trees Derek grows that's very easy are the mulberry. They're not quite in season because they're an early fruit, but you guys can see this huge tree is nice and large. It has nice big leaves, look really tropical, and they produce reliably every single year. Of course, a plum tree also does good. You can see they're basically drying up on the tree and the birds are getting them. He experiments with so many different kinds of fruits. He has lots of different avocados. Not necessarily too easy. Here's some more apples. Once again, another easy plant to grow. And of course, I think one of the easiest plants to grow, and actually this is the fruit that I'm choosing to grow mostly, are the figs. So I mean, look at these nice figs, guys. Derek has so many varieties of figs. He's got the light colored figs, the dark colored figs that are getting eaten by birds. Another really easy fruit are the pomegranates. You guys can see he's got a pomegranate tree right there loaded up. And this is Derek's garden. He doesn't have a huge vegetable garden. He has a Swiss chard and some tree collards and some celery that all come up by seed. He doesn't really plant this. His goal is to have a big mulberry tree here. That's going to be the overstory. And then he's going to plant pawpaw trees here. And then surround it with sugar cane to help protect it from the sun. Here's another jujube, growing well. And you can see they're kind of ripening up up there. Oh, and he has another one back here. Let me show you guys that. Alright, you guys can see the jujubes basically dry on the tree. And these are dried out. You guys can see they get dried and then they're totally edible when they're dried. And when you eat the jujubes when they're dried, they kind of look like a cake on the inside. They have a really nice spongy texture. Definitely one of my favorite dried fruits and it happens naturally in the tree here. Let's go ahead and try a fresh one off this tree where they're already drying up. That's what they look like fresh. I'm not the biggest fan of these fresh. I prefer to eat them dried. They get kind of a, the sweetness gets intensified. Alright, another fruit tree I want to share with you guys that's super simple to grow here. That should not be underestimated are the cactus fruits. You guys can see this cactus plant is loaded with cactus fruits. I love juicing the cactus fruits with the jicama. I prefer the dark colored ones, although the lighter colored ones generally are sweeter. And he's got another huge jujube tree here. And then also I want to show you guys this. This is not an easy tree, but definitely he's growing them. And I don't know if you guys can see that down there, but he's got some white sapote that are ripening up on the tree. And then moving around a little bit more, you guys can see one of the nut trees he has that grows really simple, easy, are the pistachios. So these are pistachios, lots of pistachios on here. And another nut tree that he grows that he likes a lot are the almonds. So actually they're in season right now, so I'm going to go ahead and grab a couple to eat since this tree has endless amounts of almonds that are ready to eat. Alright, so you just want to find an almond that's starting to split open. So here's one right here. You guys can see it's starting to split open. It's like a little pac-man. You can open it up and then you have the almond in the shell, so it's like a double shell. Derek just basically takes all this and throws it underneath other trees to feed the trees. And then you can just basically crack this nut open. And you guys can see on the inside here we have a fresh almond, still moist, not dried like the ones that you get in the store. The ones that you get in the store actually these days may be pasteurized chemically and or chemically actually if they're from California. So the best way to eat almonds or to have them fresh, look at these nice jumbo-sized fat almonds. Really excellent flavor, guys. I love fresh almonds. I've got to eat a couple more. So over in this area of the yard, Derek has basically an enclosure. It's basically a shade house enclosure for all his tropical plants. And they can handle the heat for the most part. Some of them are getting burnt on the tips. But they definitely can't handle the cold. So he basically covers this in plastic every year. Although this year he's telling me he's going to leave the tops that are growing out the top, let them grow out and see what the heck happens. I mean, there's like an Indian gooseberry that's really tall there, an avocado. I mean, my prediction is some of these plants, by doing that, he's going to lose them. But you know, here's the thing about Derek. He says these plants have been in there for like three years. Some of them have gotten really tall. They should be able to get used to the weather. And he's going to see if they survive or not. And that's how you learn. Meanwhile, again, I want to give you guys an update. Last episode, I think we had here, he had a really huge coconut palm. And I was like, wow, he kept this alive for several years. But it's no more. Alright, in this area of the garden, it's kind of next to his house, he built like a shade structure with a greenhouse out of like PVC pipe. And this is like last episode, I showed you guys a huge coconut palm he had right here. It like went up super tall, it was several years old. And I was amazed that he actually could keep it alive. And I come back this time and it's gone. So I guess there was like one day when it was just too cold. And you know, that's how fragile the tropical trees are. In one day, these plants could just be gone if it gets too cold. So I mean, Derek loves what he does, playing with the plants and just seeing if he could push their limits. So he got two more to play with to see if he could get them growing. He also had a really nice breadfruit, another ultra-tropical tree that he was not able to keep alive as well. But basically, he chops it up to literally experience, if you guys look, it says, this is like $4,000,000. And actually, that's how much he said he lost because he killed his coconut. Well, he didn't really lose that much, but to him, it feels like a big loss. Because there was a lot of time, work and effort involved. But the cool thing is, he killed it once, and he learned why that happened. And I'm sure that'll never happen again to him. He also has lots of dragonfruits growing right here. And actually, he's got a fruit on there. So we're going to go ahead and harvest that for you guys on camera. Alright, so you guys can see there's a dragonfruit back over here where it's totally ready and ripe, definitely smaller. And the flower's dried up. So we're just going to go ahead and carefully clip this off. Alright, there we go. My first ever harvested Las Vegas dragonfruit. Let's take a look at what it looks like. Pull off the flower. And basically, I just like to peel them up. Alright, check it out guys, peeling out this dragonfruit, looking good, nice and soft. This is definitely the ripest dragonfruit I've ever had, because normally the dragonfruits are picked way too early. Wow, super soft, super creamy, slightly sweet, definitely amazing. Alright, I want to give you guys an update on what he's got growing on over here. So over here he's got basically the pawpaw trees that he grew from seed from last time I was here actually, and we ate pawpaws, links down below to that video. And he basically put the seeds in the fridge for four months. Then he basically brought them out and planted them, and they're all coming up here. He also planted some without putting them in the fridge, just in the garden underneath some of his avocados, which they basically got, you know, the cold from the natural weather, and they came up actually at the same time. That being said, these are protected a little bit more, so they're growing a little bit quicker. And especially when pawpaws are seedlings, you definitely want to not give them full sun. He even wants to moderate the temperature more of the pawpaws, so he has the inner pot and outer pot. And basically he filled the outer pot with soil so that this helps to regulate the temperature of the inner pot so it doesn't dry out as quickly and the temperature fluctuations are not as much because pawpaws are a tropical fruit. You could grow it in actually zone six to nine. So pretty much anywhere in the United States you could grow the pawpaw, and I would encourage you guys to grow pawpaw fruit. It's the most tropical fruit you guys can grow with a really unique flavor. Link down below to the video of me taste testing with Derek, as well as when I go to a pawpaw farm over in, I think it was Virginia or somewhere over there, Maryland, and I basically give you guys a tour and talk to you guys a lot more about the amazing pawpaw fruit. And over in this pot, actually these are all seeds that I gave to Derek when I went to Florida. I think I was in January. I brought back seeds from fruit that I ate in Florida in January, and basically he planted them all. So there's lots of soursop he's got from seed. He's got some probably some chico sapotes from seed. He's also got a few mamey sapotes from seed as well, and he's really looking forward to playing with some of these because he has so many. He's going to plant some of these in his greenhouse, some of these out of the greenhouse, and he's going to get to be able to see what happens. The other thing I wanted to let you guys know is that the soursop, right, it's known for its anti-cancer benefits. Links down below to my video where I discuss this more and pull up published studies. That being said, while some influencers online may promote the fruit as being anti-cancer, which it is, the leaves and the seeds are much more powerful in the anti-cancer benefits. So the cool thing growing things from seed, he has lots of leaves that he can harvest. So to me, actually, the soursop is more valuable for its leaves than actually the fruit, and of course growing a tree for its leaves is a lot easier than the fruit because once it emerges, you've got the leaves to eat, but you probably have at least several years or more until it fruits. Alright, so with that, the real reason why I came over to Derek's today is because Derek sent me a message and he's like, John, he's like, I got a ripe pawpaw. If you want to come today or tomorrow, you can taste it. And I'm like, man, I'm going to come over for pawpaw because it's an extremely rare fruit. If you do find them, you can find them at the farmer's market. They sell for a lot of money. They don't travel or ship well. They bruise very easily, so you're never going to find them at a store. So I'm like, man, I'll come to your house and see what you've got growing on and try your pawpaw fruit. And you guys can see he's got more pawpaw fruit. I guess the tree that we harvested off of last time, he basically just wants it to grow, so he thinned it out and just wants to let it grow bigger. But you can see this tree actually has really nice fruit on it there. I don't know if you guys can see that right there, and if we move this aside, there's another fruit right there. And the cool thing about the pawpaw fruits is that these fruits are actually rather large, but the cool thing is the leaves are even larger. So the leaves basically cover up the fruit from the birds. So actually the amazing thing is Derek's not even covering this fruit up like all his other fruit trees from the birds, and he comes around every day and just presses it, because if it presses it and it knocks off, then he knows it's ripe. So he's truly eating tree-dropped fruit. Once again, pawpaws are a more easier crop to grow in here in Vegas. I guess the main thing is you've got to protect it from the sun. These are several years old now, and he's basically pulled off the shade cloth halfway, and so now he's finally hardening these off, so it'll be interesting to see how they do next summer when there's no shade, because they have been maturing, getting older, getting used to the sun, and of course getting used to the 100 plus degree weather. This has been an unusually hot year. Derek hit 120 degrees in his garden here, and he has all kinds of different plans for watering. Of course he builds his own soil. He hasn't bought any store-bought fertilizer to add to his garden. Instead he basically rots fruit down and vegetable scraps, and he throws everything underneath his plants to feed the mother earth. I talk about this more in the original episode. Link's down below to the original episode with Derek. That being said, this whole video has gotten me hungry, so let's go over and try the pawpaw fruit he has waiting for me. Alright, so now we're here with the man Derek Martinez, and we're going to eat his pawpaw fruit, the Shenandoah. Last time I was here I ate actually the sesquihana. Link down below for that video. We're going to go ahead and cut this open. You guys don't understand how rare this fruit is. No time ever in history have you been able to buy the pawpaw fruit in Las Vegas. So unless you're growing it yourself, you're not eating it, and actually it's extremely rare if not impossible to buy this at any grocery store because these do not ship well. You may be able to find them at a farmer's market near you. I normally would get these at the Baltimore, Maryland farmer's market, and this fruit is like no other. It's actually related more to a mango, but it grows all throughout Northern America and even up to Canada, and actually the seeds traveled in the guts of Macedon back in the ice ages. So this would migrate from the tropics north, and then it basically adjusted to the climate over time, and I want to be careful not to really damage the seeds with the knife as I open this up. Oh wow, check that out guys. This is insane. Look how deep, rich, like that's like orange colored in there. This is insane. Normally I see like the pawpaws, they kind of have like a white creamy color, but this is like straight up orange going out. So Derek, tell us about growing this pawpaw, how old is the tree that this fruit came off of? Right now it's probably like around five years old. Five years old? Yeah. So we plant two of them together. And how big were they when you planted them? Probably like this, like a half foot like. A half foot? So like six inches? Yeah. And then where did you buy the trees from? So online. Online. Yeah. So even the tag was bigger than it, so that was a confusion. Like after a couple of years, when I put back the tag on it, I never know which tree belongs to which. Yes. With the tag, you know. But last year if you watch the other video that we shoot out, it was the Susquehanna I think we ate last year. So this is Shenandoah now. So we grow the seed for that one last year. So this one, we'll try to keep the seed and grow it. Because when they grow up, they need to pollinate with each other, you know. So now this will become, from the seed, it will become Las Vegas papa, you know. So five years now, it's starting to produce more and more, so it's pretty cool. So how many fruits do you get off each tree now? Oh, right now this one carry like, I don't know, like eleven fruit. Eleven fruits? Yeah. You know. And this tree was young, so now the tree get bigger. So imagine next year, how big the tree will get. Like twenty fruits. Yes. You know what I mean? So, it's pretty cool, you know. Excited. That's cool, man. I mean, you're like the only guy I know in Vegas that has a papa and, I mean, there's not, I mean, yeah, this is a very rare fruit, so I'm so glad you're growing it actually. So let's go ahead and try it, man. Yes. Bless. Alright, to your health. And save the seeds. Next generation. Wow. This does not disappoint. This is insane flavor, man. I can't even describe it. It's like, it's like fruity, custard, mango, soft, like white sapote, like, this is like no other, like, temperate climate fruit, you guys. And seriously, if you guys aren't growing papas, you should be. Like once again, zone six and above, you can grow these fruits. Yeah. I don't know how to describe it, you know. Totally this, from different other fruits, you know what I mean, it's totally different. Totally different than any, any other fruit you've ever eaten, like, I mean, I prefer this over, I mean, it's, this is one of my favorite fruits actually, we'll put it that way. Like, I've had tropical fruits, but this, this one specifically, like the papa, I mean, it's so delicious. And the texture is just like, it's not crunchy like the Asian pear I just had or the dragon fruit I had that was like overly soft, the texture is like perfect. He did harvest this yesterday and actually have it in the fridge overnight, but right now it's just completely warm because it's been sitting out. Yeah. And the smell. Oh, wow. Wow. Yeah, the smell is like. Very high. It's like musty, like sweet at the same time, like, yeah. Guys never had a papa, man, you, I mean, this, this, these are insane, like I'd rather eat papas than mangoes personally. The, the, the taste of this is similar, like the creaminess is similar to white sapote. Yeah, white sapote, yeah, I'd say white sapote. The creaminess with kind of like cherimoya, but then the flavor is not like any of those, like it's, it's really complex. Yeah, it got its own. But the texture, I mean, the texture is even better than white sapote, because this is like really like creamy at the same time. The seed now will become Las Vegas papa, who know what the taste will be like too, you know. It will be a whole different taste. Yeah, and the seeds need to be, you know, cold, cold stratified so that they'll germinate, or if you just want to put them outside and let nature do the cold stratification for you. So Derek, what percentage of germination did you get on last year's papa seeds? So last year, when I germinated, I put some in the refrigerator, and I put some outside. They both germinate the same time, but the one in the refrigerator, it was like around four months and a half. So that's pretty cool. And the one outside, I planted in the ground wintertime. So springtime, it pop up around the same time too, the same time this one pop up. So it become, it become like the same, it become like the same timing, you know, around springtime they pop up. So refrig time, you put them, I put them for four months and a half. That's when it pop up afterwards, I put it in the ground. And did you get 100% germination, or did a few not, not germinate? The funny part about it, I never count, you know, I'm so excited. Every time I plant a seed, you know, I'm excited, you know, so I never count the seed then. So it's pretty cool. As long as we get nice amount, like the amount you see right there, the one we plant, it's a nice amount like that, you know. Probably I might give some away to some, you know what I mean. Some of your clients? Yeah, some of my clients them. So you can, you know, grow in the yard too, you know. Spread the love around, you know what I mean, or the Hawaiian they say, spread the aloha around. Yeah. So that's what we'll be dealing with. So Derek, what motivates you to grow all these fruit trees here in your backyard in Las Vegas? Because you're not even from here, you're originally from Belize. Yeah, because when I reach here, they say, it cannot grow, enter your plant a seed or I used to go to the nurseries them around here in Las Vegas. Yeah, they suck. Yeah, you know. And they always, when I go there, they always watch me like I'm retarded every time I tell them. Yeah, every time I tell them, hey, you all got certain trees, they'll be like, no, that cannot grow here, like the way they look at me, you know, like what's wrong with this guy, you know. And I'm a man of the scripture, put it that way. So every time I read the Bible, the Bible never say, oh, this cannot grow here, that cannot grow here. So I say, you know what, let me put my skills together and see if this stuff can grow. So far so good, you know. I kill a lot of trees, but most of them survive, but now I think I got it, you know. At least I know a little bit, I got some of it, you know. I'm practicing, I'm learning, while I'm learning, I'm eating. So this is what we're doing right now, while we're learning. We're eating. Yeah, you know. It's a good way to learn. Yeah, while we're eating, you know. And that's why I try to tell everybody, whenever you plant, you show it, you know what I mean, to encourage each other, you know, and not try to discourage each other. It's not a competition, you know. Farming is never a competition, it's always to let's learn from each other, you know. So it's good to show what you all plant, what you all, you know what I mean. Even if you plant a tomato, you know what I mean, potato, you know. Anything you plant, it's good to show it so we can learn from each other, you know, we can learn something because, trust me, the plants in my plant here, most of them before I ever show this plant, I used to kill a lot of plants until I learned, you know, I never give up, you know. If it died, I plant again. Like my clients, if their plant died, I tell them, you know, I'm a bad influence guy. If your plant died, I tell them, well, get two more, you know. Yeah. It's all, gardening is a numbers game, guys, and you just got to plant, always plant extra. And yeah, I'll be having a soon upcoming episode on what I'm growing in my garden this summertime. It's been excessively hot, 120 degree days here. It's been a really hot summer, but yeah, my whole gardening is thriving. I think I lost one Chamola plant, actually, and actually a few tree collards that I had to cut out. But otherwise, I mean, my whole garden is just raging, just the sun, the heat, the weather, just loving it. Alright, Derek, so, you know, as much as you have a garden here for yourself, I know you also take on clients and can help other people around the Las Vegas Valley to grow their own tropical fruit trees, fruit trees, and even vegetables. Do you want to tell everybody and share what you do for people and how you can help them? Well, every time, like, I go to my clients and ask them what they love to eat, you know, or sometimes the clients, they go to the doctor and the doctors, they tell them, oh, you cannot eat this fruit here because it's not good for your health, or this fruit tree is good for your health and stuff and things like that. So I'll be like, alright then, so we can, that's how we start, plant, you know what I mean? Like, the last time I went to this Ethiopian lady, her whole backyard was full of weeds and she tell me, you know, well, I love my spice, I love my herbs, you know, so I said, cool, we can plant different fruit trees and put the herbs between, put the spice between, you know, and you can continue from there, you know, you plant your watermelon, your honeydew melon, since you love them things, you don't have to buy from the store, you know, because we already clear up the area, we already everything, you know what I mean? So what we do now, we just, and so, I say, exactly what I say is exactly what we're doing right now, you know, because I always show it over my channel too, you know, of our garden, so I always push it out and I do things to encourage people, you know, you don't have to buy everything from the store, you can plant it your own self, you know what I mean? Because once I mix the soil for you, that's it, you can just throw the seed, you know what I mean? Especially like watermelon, honeydew melon, once I mix the soil, you can just throw your own seed in there, you know, like okra, you know, tomatoes, you know, you can just throw your own seed and stuff and things like that, but when it comes to like planting like different fruit trees, then I come in and help you again, you know, so it's, everybody say it's hard for me, and when I meet my clients then, it get easy afterwards, you know. Well yeah, because I mean, for a lot of people there, they don't know how to mix the soil and I think that's probably the number one thing in Vegas is that the soil here is terrible in town, also not the greatest, you know, so it's definitely important when you're mixing soil for your clients or when I make my own soil batches, I mean, that's really one of the keys I believe to our success is the soil, and so actually I was wondering what spices are you planting for your Ethiopian client? Well, you got like lemongrass, in Belize they call it fever grass, different place give different name, you know, you got like vervain, you know, they're things are good herbal tea, you know what I mean, to drink and all that stuff, then you got like pepper, you got like, it's hard to catch up right now, but all kind, all kind, you know, so even you can go, if you don't want to get from the seed, you can add it from seed, if you don't want to find from seed, you can go to Lowe's or one of them place, from people, you can always find in them area, different spices and stuff, they sell them there too, you know, and it's already nice size when you bite, you know, so you shove them in the ground, remember now, the soil are really good, so once you push them in the ground, they took off already, so these are stuff that pretty cool, you know, excited, you know, just to see the plant grow, you know what I mean, so it's pretty cool. Right on, right on, yeah, so like things like rosemary, sage, mint, oregano, I like a hot and spicy oregano, this time of year, I have lots of basil growing, those are some amazing herbs and spices that could grow very easily here in Las Vegas. Alright, Derek, so if someone wants to contact you, so that you can help them out to grow their food, whether they just need your help mixing out the soil or finding the right place for their fruit tree or if you got to help them design a raised bed garden to put in vegetables, how can they contact you? Well, you can contact me by my phone number, 702-759-9781, LLC, everything I got, everything is legit, so it's pretty cool, you know, I repeat my number, 702-759-9781, and when I don't pick up, you can leave a message because I will contact you probably over like 2-3 days because I'm very busy, you know, once I meet my clients then, and I put in work with them, I don't really pick up no phone, when I come home again, I got work to do in my backyard, I'm not really on Facebook or YouTube like that, you know, once I send out my videos to encourage people, that's it, you know, I go right back again after a while and look back, but other than that, that's my number right there and don't get discouraged when I don't contact you back, you know what I mean, it takes time, yeah. Alright, cool, Derek, and how many clients do you currently have or had you worked with in the past here in Las Vegas? Oh, right now I have like, it's growing, I remember the time a few years ago when I walked off my job, I was a bus driver, I walked off my job like 3 years ago, I started a couple of them, then now when they hear about me, I have like 15 right now and right now I'm visiting more new clients, you know, but the good part about it, Las Vegas is very, very growing right now with tropical and subtropical, if I'm not doing it, they're watching my video and they're trying, just like they watch John Kohler's video and they're trying, they watch other people's video and they're trying, so right now, Las Vegas, we're getting the most people eating from the backyard right now, even if they're eating like watermelon, like I said, honeydew melon, okra and different vegetables, they're doing it, you know, so it's pretty cool, you know, excited. Right on, Derek, so Derek, if somebody wants to check out your YouTube channel, what is your YouTube channel? Abba Garden, A-B-A-H, Abba Garden. Alright, wonderful, I'll put the link down below to his YouTube channel as well as his phone number so you can contact Derek if you live in the Las Vegas area so that you can start growing your own tropical fruit trees, fruit trees as well as vegetables today. So Derek, thanks for having me over so much and, you know, sharing that pawpaw with me, definitely one of my favorite fruits that I've eaten in a long time, much appreciated, I hope you guys out there in YouTube land also enjoyed this episode learning about the easiest fruit trees to grow in Vegas and how Derek can help you grow even some of those more difficult ones here in Vegas through all his knowledge and experience. So reach out to him, call him at his phone number below and of course check out his YouTube channel where he basically wants to inspire you to grow your own because he shows you guys exactly what he's doing and I've checked him out, this dude is 100% legit. So anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed this episode and if you did, hey, please be sure to give this a big thumbs up, more importantly share this with other people that live in Las Vegas that want to garden, that aren't aware of how to garden in Vegas so that they can learn some of the different fruit trees that thrive here in the desert. Also be sure to click that subscribe button right down below so you don't miss any of my new and upcoming episodes. I'll be coming out every 5 to 7 days, you never know when I'll show up, what you'll be learning on my YouTube channel, make sure you click the little bell so you get notified as my new videos come out, I wouldn't want you to miss any single episode. And finally be sure to check out past episodes of past episodes including some of the links down below I've made here at Derek showing you guys his property over the years as well as different seasons to show you guys what he's doing as well as all the videos that I've made here in the Las Vegas Valley helping you guys grow your own fruits and vegetables at home. So with that, my name is John Kohler with growingyourgreens.com, we'll see you next time and until then remember, keep on growing.