high desert

Most people believe the desert is a hot, rough, tough, indestructible environment, but Connie Birkland knows better. She knows that the high desert environment has cryptobiotic soils that are very fragile and are made largely of micro living organisms. “You don’t want to step on and destroy these fragile biological soils. You want to keep them intact so that plants can exist. Once you see it you would recognize it,” she said. Birkland says if these soils are disturbed, the rain and wind … [Read more...] about Nourishing Skin in the High Desert