Mike Snyder

Hi Sam , I'm happy to see this thread is still going . I'm inspired to try some Goji berries here after reading your posts . we are finally producing fruit ,and I had lost interest after so many failed attempt's . I am thankful my wife didn't give up . apricot,fig ,pomegranate ,grapes, mulberry , peaches , asparagus ,blackberry ,and pistachios have all survived to produce fruit except pistachios ,they are only 3 years old now . I will be attempting cutting from a pear in spring from my sister's house, it has the most sweetest juiciest fruit . now I need to come up with other solutions for the critter's who took alot more than their share . Thank's Sam ....happy holiday's

Hey Sam , that fig is looking good . there is a big fig out by itself near here ,it looks really healthy . i need to try its fruit and try to clone it if its any good .

When digging in clay we've found using a pressure washer works amazingly fast .use it to bore a hole then a breaker bar 5' long break it up shovel it out repeat .even caliche clay breaks up quick . with the PW I can dig a 3' deep x 3' wide hole in less than 2 hours by myself thru caliche with little effort .

Hello fellow Hi desert enthusiasts, decided it's time to join the forum.          I skipped thru this thread but will be rereading again great thread ,and info . We're near Victorville on with 3/4 acre + lot . we're using shade cloth for shade ,and windbreak . we are trying to grow pistachios ,mulberry ,apricot ,peaches ,apples almonds ,grapes ,fig , pomegranate and pear so far . some success some failures . watering deep 1 time a week seems to work really good here (lots of clay).We seem to be having more success after adding worms . i'm very interested in some bamboo along fence ,and mesquite ,moringa or anything that will grow and provide a benefit ...Mike