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Feb 15, 2016 12:51 PM CST
Name: J.R. Baca
Pueblo West Co. ( High Dessert (Zone 6a)
Lzipp;
Welcome and howyadoing? Welcome!
Been gardening here for about the last 20 or so years, but, moved out of Pueblo and into Pueblo West. If that's where you live, then you have your work cut out for you. I don't know if you're a native or not, but the wind isn't going to be your only problem, if you look around, you'll see bakelites, trilobites and other fossilized prehistoric sea life, so you have to figure your soil is going to be commensurate with a seabed ( read lime and free lime problems ).
I solved ( sort of ) the wind problem by putting up a fence that's able to handle the gusts. The prevailing winds here come out of the west and are worse at certain times of the year but are nonetheless an everyday feature. I can hook you up with some extension and forestry people that can best advise you on the what, where and how, but the bottom line is if you plant a wind break then you'll have the shelter you need......in about 20 years! Grumbling
If you live in Pueblo, you got it half licked even more so if out on the mesa ( farmland ) but here in P.W. not so much. I don't mean to discourage you, I actually enjoy the challenge ( what a weirdo, huh? ).
Send me a tree mail, and good luck!

P.S.
The best veggies to grow are pretty much any zoned for our area, so long as the soil and especially the PH are up to the task. The advise that you've gotten here from others is par excellance ( did I spell that right? )

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