I Provide Phone and E-mail

Your Own Organic Vegetable Garden, Arizona
(PLUS NEVADA, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA AND OTHER AREAS WITH COOL TO EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER)
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and my Private Organic Vegetable Gardening Blog for Customers
​Now Has 275 Posts!

In-person consulting may be available in Phoenix, Arizona
upon inquiry, but photographs may prevent the need.​

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(Please note that consulting is presently only available to those in the United States.)

Plus I Can Give Tips for Growing Food In-Ground

Most of the food I have grown has been in containers (yes, container gardening in the desert!), but at my last home, I also had a ​large raised bed for my organic vegetable garden. I've also done some research on edible plants best grown ​in-ground or that can't fit into my relatively small space. And while I grow a number of newer cultivars called hybrids (NEVER GMOs), ​my preference is usually heirlooms for the stability they offer. 

​For those new to organic vegetable gardening, the best time to begin to grow your own food was several years ago, but now is second best. ​Even if you start with just one vegetable, herb, or fruit tree, you too can learn how to grow your own food in your own Phoenix, Arizona desert garden (yard) or in any other hot climate! Container gardening is one of the easiest ways to begin a vegetable garden, and you may never need a raised bed even if organic hot weather desert gardening--not just cool climate or cool weather gardening--is what you have in mind.

Starting your education and planning for the following year four or more months before spring (October or earlier) is ideal, but with the right elements in place, you can even start some things for a fall harvest in the heat of summer. For example, I'm now successfully starting heirloom tomatoes from SEED outdoors in dry 114 F Arizona weather, and my Phoenix summer garden just became much more exciting as homegrown and heirloom tomatoes provide an array of flavors not found at the grocery store.

Making organic Vegetable gardening consulting more accessible

When I looked into it a couple of years ago before inflation took place, a number of vegetable gardening consulting services began with a roughly hour-long, in-person consultation of about $150 and then cost $50+ hourly after that, and not all of them had an organic focus. Additionally, most did not have a potted/container garden specialization, had not tested as many heirloom tomato cultivars, and did not have the specialization of hot and dry low desert vegetable gardening which has many challenges of its own including too few clouds to soften the sun's rays, too little rain, and supremely dry air.

​One of my goals is to help more people than can be helped with those types of consulting services—through e-mail and phone consulting which works for both locals and those outside of my immediate area of Phoenix, Arizona, plus reducing the amount of time spent driving reduces cost. 

As I have spent hundreds of hours researching answers to my questions and learning through trial and error, it is also a goal to save my customers much time, money, and effort! I’ve documented much along the way for sharing via computer.
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My experience is with growing food organically—mostly potted and in a raised bed—in a supremely hot and dry, low desert climate (Zone 9B), but I can also help those in climates less hot than Phoenix, Arizona’s 105-118ish-degree summers, and I’ve done some research on plants best grown in-ground or that can’t fit into my relatively small space.

Seven oRGANIC vEGETABLE gARDENING

for those who want to grow food
and perhaps trade some of that food
​with family and friends ​who grow foods of other types

*Applicable to All Consulting Options
​
1) One private blog post (kept at the top of the blog for easy access) contains consulting ideas/topics to help those who don't have questions ready.

2) I will let you contact me when you're ready with questions each month, but please know that minutes don't accrue if you decide to forego reaching out for help in any given month. 

3) Please note that it is easiest for me to submit responses by computer/e-mail. So, this is what I prefer most of the time.

​4) Please don't everyone wait until the last day or even week of the month to submit your questions--the sooner the better!​

5) If you've not already read the following pages, please do. They give a lot of preliminary information. 
Getting Started Growing Your Own Food Organically
Terms of Service
​

VEGETABLES AND OTHER Food-Bearing Plants I'VE GROWN
In MY SMALL SPACE SO FAR ARE LISTED BELOW
Vegetables, Fruit, Grains, Herbs and Spices, Seeds, and Nuts

I am adding photographs by food category in the blue section just below this one,
 and please note that a few of the flowers are not edible but are for attracting pollinators and beneficial insects.

• Apples
• Aromatics like lavender, patchouli, and geranium
• Armenian cucumbers
  
• Arugula
• Asian vegetables like bok choy and napa cabbage
• Asparagus
• Beans
• Beets
• Blackberries
• Blueberries
• Boysenberries
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cacti for their fruit and/or flesh; prickly pears are one example
• Carrots
• Catnip for cats
• Chamomile
• Cherries
• Citrus: key limes, limes, kumquats, lemons, mandarins, calamondin
• Corn
• Cotton
• Cucumbers
• Dandelion greens
• Eggplant
• Elderberries
• Figs​​

• ​​​​​​​​Flowers to attract bees & other pollinators​
• ​Garlic
• Gherkins
• Goji Berries​​​​​​
• Goldenberries
• Grains like oats, barley, 

           sorghum, and Job's Tears

• ​​Grapes including muscadines
• ​Green beans--pole and bush
• Green bean alternatives
• ​Green onions
• Guavas
• Herbs and spices like parsley, sage, oregano, fennel, peppermint, rosemary, thyme, basil, spearmint, lavender, cilantro, bay leaves, celery, dill, caraway, ginger, lemongrass, turmeric, galangal, lemonbalm, fenugreek, and mushroom herb
• Hibiscus calyces for tea
• Hot peppers
• Jujube fruit
• Kale
• Kiwano melons
• Leafy vegetables like chard, collards, mustard, orach, and shungiku
• Lettuce
• Louffa/luffa sponges
• Melons incl. watermelons​

• ​​​​​Millet seed for birds
• Moringa ​​​​
• Mulberries
• Nasturtiums
• Neem tree
• ​​​Okra​​​​
• ​​​Olive tree
• ​Papaya
• Passion Fruit
• Peanuts
• Peas--snow peas, snap peas, and shelling peas
• Pepino melons
• Pomegranate tree (my last landlord kept it, but I cared for it for two years)
• Potatoes
• Pumpkins, squash, zucchini
• Radishes
• Some rare fruit trees
• Spinach
• Squash
• Stevia
• Strawberries
• ​​Sunflowers
• Sweet peppers
• Sweet potatoes
• Tamarind
• Tomatillos
• Tomatoes
• Turnips
• Yerba mate 

A Little Help
With Learning to Grow Food

(OPTION 1)

​​For those with only a little need for one-on-one help,
$110 reserves up to (* see above info.) 1 hour
​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic vegetable gardening consulting
to be used within one month

You certainly don't have to be a beginner to go with this option, but if you have not yet begun gardening, this option can help you decide whether you want to begin growing your own food. Any gardening including organic requires many purchases and a good amount of time especially in the beginning and when problems arise periodically--e.g. with pests, disease, and storms that can require treatment and additional garden cleanup--and knowing some of what's ahead can help you decide the best course of action.

Buy Now

I WANT TO LEARN
to GROW MY OWN FOOD

(OPTION 2)

$160 reserves up to (* see above info.) 2 hours
​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic vegetable gardening consulting
to be used within one month

BUY NOW

I WANT TO LEARN
to GROW MY OWN FOOD

(OPTION 3)

$180 reserves up to (* see above info.) 3 hours
​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic edible/food gardening consulting
to​ be used within one month

Buy Now

I am Ready to Roll, and I Want

​One Month at a Time

(OPTION 4)

$400 reserves up to (* see above info.) an unlimited amount of
​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic edible/food gardening consulting
to​ be used within one month

Buy Now

I WANT TO LEARN
to GROW MY OWN FOOD

(OPTION 5)

$180 reserves up to (* see above info.) 3 hours
​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic edible/food gardening consulting
to be used within three months

Buy Now

I WANT TO LEARN
to GROW MY OWN FOOD

(OPTION 6)

$450 reserves up to (* see above info.) 9 hours
​​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic edible/food gardening consulting
​to be used within three months

Buy Now

I am Ready to Roll, and I Want

For Three Months at a Time

(OPTION 7)

$900 reserves up to (* see above info.) an unlimited amount of
​​​of phone, text, and/or e-mail organic edible/food gardening consulting
​to be used within three months

Buy Now

About my Organic Vegetable Gardening

for those who want to grow food
and perhaps trade some of that food
with family and friends ​who grow foods of other types

I have been gardening organically in Phoenix, Arizona for 5+ years and now provide phone and e-mail consulting for helping you grow your own organic vegetable garden in my area or one that is similar (e.g., California, Texas, Nevada, New Mexico, and other parts of Arizona).

​My complimentary blog for customers has much content (275+ posts) for helping to reduce the amount of consulting time that is needed. One blog post (always found at the top of the private blog for easy access) contains consulting ideas/topics for those who don't already have questions ready. In-person consulting may be available in Phoenix, Arizona upon inquiry, but photographs may prevent the need.​

Regarding hours, in general I offer the hours of 9 a.m. - 8 p.m., Monday through Sunday, but I can sometimes be flexible (later or earlier) and especially if consulting by e-mail or text.
​​​

*Applicable to All Organic Gardening Consulting Options
​
1) One private blog post (kept at the top of the blog for easy access) contains consulting ideas/topics to help those who don't have questions ready. 

2) I will let you contact me when you're ready with questions, but please know that minutes don't accrue if you decide to forego reaching out for help. 
​
3) Please note that it is easiest for me to submit responses by computer/e-mail. So, this is what I prefer most of the time.

​4) Please don't everyone wait until the last day or even week of the month to submit your questions--the sooner the better!​
​
5) If you've not already read the following pages, please do. They give a lot of preliminary information. 
Getting Started Growing Your Own Food Organically
Terms of Service​​

​terms of service

First, the information I share with you is not to be shared in a manner intended to help others bypass consulting from me. If you think others would benefit from my service, please refer them to my website. Rather than quoting my content, I envision replying only vaguely (e.g., Jennifer may/does have the answer to that question) alongside suggesting people sign up for at least one month to get help directly).

Next, some people are more observant, attentive, and committed (especially when new challenges surface, and my experience is that they always do from time to time!) than others. Additionally, there are unknown variables that may not present until later such as rabbits or gophers deciding to appear on the scene. ​As such, I cannot guarantee results. My service is primarily for the sharing of information, but I do have solutions to most of the problems that have surfaced in my garden. 

​I also cannot guarantee that I will have the answers to your precise questions. I can most easily answer what I've already experienced, heard about, or researched. If I can easily/quickly find the answer to a new subject, I will do my best to answer your question without charging for the research time, but if not, I will let you know that it's out of my present area of expertise but could research the answer for a fee. ​​

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