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I always had a vegetable garden in Southern California. Having recently moved to Arizona, my grown son wants me to put a garden in at his home. All I know about Arizona is that it gets hot. I'm willing to try, though.
I want to start small, just a salsa garden. Tomatoes, peppers, garlic, cilantro, zucchini, and cucumbers. I'm mostly worried about the heat. Can anyone help?
Hardiness Zone: 9b
By Christine Wechter from Surprise, AZ
I have a friend, she lives in Tucson, AZ and always has a garden. The cooler months in AZ are the best time to plant your vegetables starting from November or December to March.
Ask your county agent to send you info on gardening, good luck.
Christine, we are almost neighbors, I live in W. Phx. If you can, watch Channel 3 morning news, sometimes the Garden Guy is on and he gardens organically. He also has 2 paperback books and a web site. Just do a search for Garden Guy Phoenix. He made a marvelous organic garden on a paved parking area at the TV station.
I have snow peas blooming and lots of lettuce for picking. This time of year is great for lettuce, cabbage, peas, broccoli and most leafy stuff. Green peppers can go several years here with care, and I still have eggplant in the garden from last summer.nbIf you like, email me for my yahoo group on desert gardening.
Pat galphoenix AT yahoo.com
Most of those vegetables are native to southern Mexico & central America, so they should thrive in the AZ heat! Don't make the mistake my mother did, moving to FL from up north: she planted the garden against the south wall, and everything got fried.
