Gardening for Hot and Dry Climates
One experience that opened my eyes to the possibilities of growing more in a hot, dry climate was discovering a Peach Orchard in a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona. I took my wife and kids to their peach festival to pick peaches and it quickly became …
I had a chance to sample a Loquat off a tree from a local nursery. This was another one of those fruits that I had never even heard of until I began getting more entrenched in growing fruit trees. For us local gardeners, we joke …
I always assumed that Plum trees grew in more temperate climates. I remember climbing into some trees as a kid in Northern Michigan and feasting on juicy plums. When I first purchased a home in Arizona, I discovered plum trees at the local big box …
If you’ve never tried a fresh mango off the tree, you’re missing out. The stringy unripe mangos from Walmart just don’t cut it. Grocery stores have started to introduce some better quality mangos, but for the most part, they’re Tommy Atkins variety, which is a …
Soursop or Annona Muricata was one of those fruits that I had never even heard of before my fruit growing quest. I spotted fresh Soursop at a local ethnic market for $14.99lb, which was way more than I was willing to spend on a piece …
Growing up in Northern Michigan, we would find wild blueberries in the woods that were amazing. We had some great tasting berries in that area of the country. When I moved to Arizona, the berries that you purchased from the store just lacked flavor. I …
I’d like to say I’m an ambitious gardener that likes to take risks and push the limits on what can be grown in hot, dry climates like the Arizona desert. With that being said, there are some fruit trees and edible producing plants that I’ve …