When it gets hot, it gets bad quicker because you've got all these living plants not only using water but losing water.

The most important thing is water to drink. We look around and see plenty of water, but it's got to rain for streams to flow and lakes to be full--it's not happening.

The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans, etc.) and immovable (plants, trees, etc.), and then returns to the ocean it value multiplied a million fold.

I spent eight years living without heat and hot water.

He had a green thumb. He loved to water the plants and cut the flowers. He was so proud of how his trees looked.

Desert adapted plants, once they're established, they need very little supplemental water. Some of the other plants that we use in the desert, even if they're desert adapted, may not be native to this region, and so they may need additional water supplies.