Gardening can be done, but requires some adaptation and persistence. Not just for hunting. This area is classed as Alpine Desert . It is by no means barren. It is chiefly covered in grass and sagebrush, with occassional tumbleweeds.
Some areas have pine forests, or juniper bushes in little mini-forests.
The land here is shaped by the wind, and the rolling hills have the shapes of sand dunes. It is not pretty, but can be very striking, and awesome at times. When the wind scours the dirt off and leaves rocks sticking out, it can create some wonderfully fanciful structures, looking like castles and battlements rising from the hills. In the spring and early summer many wildflowers grow across the hills. They are only there for a short time, then gone.