https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/4f850950-cb54-4aab-a6b6-dce240f3f005 Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook creates a water-efficient waffle garden. (See below for a shopping list, tools, and steps.) SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Shopping List for How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert: Plant seeds, Coarse sand and compost, to amend the soil, Tools List for How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert: Square-blade shovel, Pickax, to loosen the soil, Steps How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert" Use a square-blade shovel to mark a series of square cells on the ground. Make each cell the width of two shovel blades. Space the individual cells about 12 inches apart., Pile up clay-rich soil around each cell, creating a raised berm. Firmly compact the berms by pounding them flat with the shovel and then walking across them., Use a pickax to break up and loosen the soil within each square cell., Add coarse sand and compost to the loosened soil; mix well., Plant a variety of vegetable seeds within each cell to a depth that's 1 1/2 times the diameter of each seed., Cover the seeds with the amended soil, then lightly water the entire waffle garden, making sure to soak each cell., About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG Tumblr: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTumblr For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Grow Vegetables in the Desert | Ask This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:47:12 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/4f850950-cb54-4aab-a6b6-dce240f3f005 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.