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Post by mnjrutherford on Dec 6, 2009 13:09:28 GMT -5
Lav and I must have been channeling last night because she mentioned almost everything I was going to add. ;o) I was also thinking about frankincense and myrrh. Those are both woody plant/trees that are grown at the fringes of the African desert and the resins are a highly prized commodity even to this day.
I think you might also take a time to meditate about the other places on the earth that share your climate and consider what is grown in those places. That is how I get a lot of my inspiration.
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Post by ozarklady on Dec 24, 2009 15:10:20 GMT -5
I noticed you have some excellent wild plants there already! Have you tried the paw paw fruits? They are like banana with a hint of orange, but with avocado texture. We use them in banana bread, and most folks think it is... banana.
In really dry years, grapes do lousy here, but the elderberries, wild strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and wild plums do great.
I am told that tobacco is very drought tolerant, mine didn't seem to be, so you might have to look for certain types. Just in case you smoke or know folks who do.
Many herbs will grow under very harsh conditions. I have borage that escaped the herb bed, and it just pops up here and there. Mint also returns, if the year is too dry and it dies prematurely. The perennial chives seem to not mind the hot dry days at all.
I know, we are not as high elevation as you, and not as dry... although some years our trees all turn in August due to drought. And this year, August which is normally our hottest month, was too cold to swim in the lake... very odd, wet year for us.
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Post by Alan on Dec 25, 2009 13:30:21 GMT -5
Silver, over the next 365 days I will ocassionally be making you some packages up to send your way for trialing. I have some things which given some time to increase seed I think will benefit you, it may take a bit but I will get some things out to you which would do better in your environment than they would in mine.
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