Sounds like some great gardening...
Tell ya something...
After like 15 years of gardening in this area... I spent a year in TN... Amazing how easy it was to garden there!
It's not just the drought... it's also the heat... Plants often stop growing at about 90 degrees... and 90 was being predicted for next week here... they since revised the temp down to 88... but... frost to 90 in the same week happens... there's seldom a spring here...
And... the humidity!
Y'all don't see humidity like we have here!
According to the people at extension... we have like 90 + percent of the plant pathogens known to exist!
There's a reason why the seed growers are in other areas of the country...
Anyone that wants a more challenging garden.... they're welcome to come try their luck... I have plenty of room for organic gardeners...