Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains: A guide to high altitude, semi-arid home permaculture gardens by Lisa Rayner

FIFTH edition © 2023, Lisa Rayner Books, 261 pages, 8.5 inches x 11 inches in size. NEW information. Lisa Rayner has lived gardening experience in both Santa Fe, New Mexico and Flagstaff, Arizona. Both cities are at 7,000 feet elevation, but have different temperatures, precipitation, soils, and ecozones. Permaculture works with the inherent characteristics of plants, animals and the soil microbiome to create self-sustaining garden ecosystems. This book helps you grow food under challenging conditions. Growing Food in the Southwest Mountains provides solutions for dry weather, high winds, intense sunlight, shade, seasonal and day/night high temperature fluctuations, poor soil, insect pests, weeds and other gardening challenges in the high-elevation Southwest. An expanded list of fruit, herbs, vegetables, beans, grains, nuts and seeds. Detailed planting information with water, sun and soil needs, USDA zones, pollination requirements and more. A 2023 look at how climate change is altering gardening at high elevations in the Southwest. Why we need to recreate local food systems in an era of climate change and resource depletion. A description of permaculture garden design for our bioregion including a chapter on creating plant guild ecosystems in harmony with local wild ecosystems and wildlife. Learn to attract native pollinators and other beneficial insects and birds to your garden while keeping out garden pests. Read more