Growing

Growing food with little water: soil, timing, and species that hold up dry.

• Caper Bush: A Drought-Tolerant Native

  Why the caper bush drought tolerant reputation is well earned, and how to grow one from a wild cutting with almost no water at all.

• Dry Farming Vegetables Without Irrigation: What Holds Up

  Dry farming vegetables on limestone soil with four rainless months. Sowing dates, mulch depth, spacing, and the two mistakes that cost me a season.