To get you started thinking about what you’d like to grow, here are two great growing calendars for the Valley:
- University of Arizona Extension Vegetable Planting Calendar for Maricopa County (pdf; arizona.edu)
- Low Desert Planting & Harvest Calendar (pdf; urbanfarm.leadpages.com)
Here are a few books that can help you get started:
- How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible (Borrow: mesalibrary.org) (Buy: changinghands.org)
- Square Foot Gardening (Borrow: mesalibrary.org) (Buy: changinghands.org)
- Extreme Gardening: How to Grow Organic in the Hostile Deserts (Borrow: mesalibrary.org) (Buy: changinghands.org)
- Desert Gardening (Fruits and Vegetables) Owens, David. (Buy: changinghands.org)
- Gaia’s Garden (Buy: changinghands.org)
- A Desert Gardener’s Companion. Nelson, Kim. (Borrow: mesalibrary.org) (Buy: changinghands.org)
Helpful Tips and Tools for Urban Gardeners:
- 10 Steps to a Successful Vegetable Garden (pdf; arizona.edu)
- List of Soil Testing Labs (pdf; arizona.edu)