Turning an area of a desert into a normal area with vegitation

First research if this would work and which methods would work.

1 Planted small sticks from plant and tree waste to prevent the sand from going everywhere.

1 Throwing food waste there.
-First turning that food waste into compost is possible
2 Throwing plant waste there from agriculture etc.
-First turning that plant waste into compost is possible
3 Throwing shit from animal farms there.
4 Turning human sewer waste into fertilizer and putting it there.

1 Throwing worms in the soil.

1 Planting cactusses.
2 Planting resurrection plants, poikilohydric plants which can survive extreme dehydration, even
   over the span of months or years.
3 Planting trees that are heat resistant, can go without water better then other trees
  and which are positive for holding water into the ground.
And there are special pots that naturally degrade for planting trees and all, which increase
the chance of survival of those trees in deserts and desert like landscapes.