Your yard could be making your house hotter... and the "water-saving" landscaping everyone recommends might be part of the problem.

Michael, better known as The Garden Nerd, joins us to explain why rock yards, artificial turf, and lifeless soil can work against you in the Arizona heat. We also get into the surprisingly simple changes that can help cool your yard, grow healthier plants, and even produce tropical fruit like mangoes and bananas in the desert.

Along the way, Michael shares how he walked away from a 20-year insurance career to turn gardening into a full-time business, the content strategy that helped him blow up on Instagram, and the lessons he learned by experimenting in his own backyard.

If you want a cooler yard, better fruit, and gardening advice that actually works, this episode is packed with practical tips you'll want to try.