Thank you
Alan for sharing your book and knowledge. I'm a newbie gardener / trying to get a food forest going. My area is very hard to grow in. Arizona zone 10.
The ground is hard dirt and we get up to 128 in the summer. We have built lots of raise beds and have planted 50 fruit
trees The only ones that made it were the heat tolerant ones. But I am thankful for them. I'm still trying to figure out how to build up my soil without buying store bought stuff that end up having bugs and flies in,. I have tried composting but it dries out to quickly here. any ideas is most helpful. also fighting spider mites, leaf miners and white flies at the same time. I tried
soap, neem and peppermint oil spray. it helps a little. I'm trying to save my cucs. They did amazing this year.
I can garden year round I do not get a frost at all. it only goes down to 40 in the winter. At this time I grow all my greens. It may have it extremes but I have enjoyed grow our own food. Trying new foods that I never have eaten. I would say my favorites that everyone
should try to grow is Malabar spinach, mallow, purslane, armenian cucumbers, kabocha squash and any type of squash blossom.
We have had success in growing mulberries, jujubes, grapes, dates, poms, lemons, oranges, barbatos cherries, nopal cactus, dragonfruit, moringa, dulces.
and if anyone lives in hot areas we have had success in planting tomatoes, cucs, any type of lettuce, swiss chard, mustards, bok choy, celery, beets, radishes, dill, chamomile, hollyhock, sunflowers, any kind of melon, watermelon, squash or pumpkins. All grown in raised beds.
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