[nw_arizona_granny]

I planted half an acre of corn, blackeyeds, butter beans, pinto beans and black beans. Also cucumbers and yellow squash. I was able to give a lot of produce away to friends and neighbors. In turn, they gave me apples and pears which I canned.<<<

That is the way it should be in our world now and everywhere.

I thank God for people like you.

Where I live, near Kingman, Arizona, there is no food grown of any type and few gardens, as they do not do well here in the constant wind.

It will not be pretty here, when it all comes to a head.

Kingman is mainly based on the money from tourists on the way to Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon.

[familyop]

"Where I live, near Kingman, Arizona, there is no food grown of any type and few gardens, as they do not do well here in the constant wind."

I'm in CO at over 9,000 feet with an air-freezing index of about 2,500 (snows in July, sometimes, 110 mph wind loads in building codes, 120 for commercial), and we'll try to get the first of several greenhouses up before next winter. ...did some testing with a smaller one a couple of years ago, while designing the next one for low cost, more durability and more warmth (both passive and active solar). Oh...and there are bears.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

[JSDude1]

Granted I do not live in Arizona, but it seems to me you would do well to learn from the indians and learn about what they used to eat like some forms of cactus, etc.!