Good luck to you. I'm in the Mojave, just at the base of the Sierras, so yes, middle of most people's nowhere. How's the rain/ monsoon doing this year?
Will you be selling to outside your area or only local? I miss the Paloverde and Ocatillos and believe they can be grown here.
I will be focusing only on plants which can be bred to produce cultivars that yield quality fruits in our environment.
Monsoons have mostly been clouds which passed us by without rain.
Less than (1/2) inch this entire year.
Normal is 14" per year.
Eventually, hopefully, selling wherever I can.
California has a mountain of extra hoops to jump through, so probably not California.
Hopefully, (AZ, NM, NV, Ut, Texas, Oklahoma).
One of my main OCD dreams is to develop a heat tolerant Asimina triloba aka PawPaw.
Hopefully, you get good rain 🌧 runoff from the mountains!
We at least have had cooler, cloudy, more humid days.