Hello from Las Vegas, NV

[ducks4you]

from Central Illinois! Please be sure to put your general location, like "NV" with your avatar, bc once you start posting I will forget where you live.
Do you have any water restrictions against rain barrels?

 

[baymule]

I found this, it might be interesting for you.

https://www.tiktok.com/video/7306371398824398086

 

[Marie2020]

in the arid west parts of the country they are taught to check shoes, etc. for spiders and scorpions before putting things on. i do that too here for spiders - we have a lot of jumping spiders that get into things.

I am so brave so i would deal with that just like this

 

[Vanalpaca]

I started gardening about 7 years ago. We moved back to Las Vegas, NV March of 2023. We are currently on an acre while we look for a 10+ acre lot on which to build our dream home. I love connecting with other gardeners, local and not. I'm hoping to find more people gardening in my desert conditions, because I love the creativity that goes into creating the conditions to be able to harvest food through the hot summers, but I absolutely have been inspired by people in completely opposite zones and climates. My goal is to grow 90% of our produce.

It sounds like you might be investing in overhead misters and shadecloth to keep the temps low enough to pollinate tomatoes and beans.... when our temps in NW Ohio get over 85, our tomatoes either drop blossoms or just sit there doing nothing until temps come down, then they set fruit. Good luck learning how to garden in that new to you environment!!