The Southern Nevada Water Authority has been paying people to switch their
yard landscaping away from water-guzzling turf.
I've been thinking of writing them an encouraging letter for what they are
already doing along with some suggestions for an edible or more useful
permaculture style yard.
From what the designers already have in their designs, it looks as thoughvarieties chosen for taste/usefulness of
Pistachio
Salvia
Yucca
Agave
Maybe other fruiting cactus
Willow--is there a desert medicinal one that is also good for baskets?
Alliums of all sorts
would work.
Other plants that seem like good candidates to me would be:
Utah servicebery
Desert hackberry
Water melon (Citrullus lanatus)
Winged pigweed
Prairie clovers (are they good for tea?)
Mission lettuce
Slender buckwheat
Cherries, almonds, peaches that are drought resistant
Echinacea
Rosemary
Thyme
Oregano
Lavender
Tepary beans
would all be good.
Other things I wondered about are
Artichokes
Cardoon
Cotton from desert areas
Mustard
Melons from african desert areas
Peanuts
Peppers, especially hot ones
Anyone have thoughts about how well they might work?
What else would be good, especially drought resistant varieties of more
common food crops?
Sharon
gordonse@one.net
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