The key is not the ground but the shade. Mesquite trees are well
adapted here. They shade the ground, whether that ground is covered
with grass or gravel.
Therein lies the whole secret. As pointed out people lived in the desert
for many thousands of years before air conditioning. They did it by
adopting to the weather and available water. In the valley floor in winter,
into the hills in summer.
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