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@Harleyjm71! I'm afraid you're going to miss Austin when it comes to gardening. I know I did and I'm not nearly as far north as Amarillo. The really positive thing is that you can successfully grow cherry trees there. I think . The big thing is going to be wind. Tie that greenhouse down! Put hail screen over it so stays intact. Compared to Austin, you are likely to see hail more often and there won't be many times when the wind won't be blowing. So for your plants think of that wind when you choose a plant for any location. High profile plants will have to be able to bend and come back up if they are going to constantly be exposed. It will be a drying wind since Amarillo has low humidity much of the time, so plants with a lot of surface on their leaves may not be good choices in general. They may work in a special location. Look around at what is surviving and looking good. Check out any public places where they've employed a landscaper and see if some of those plants might also work for you. Are you gearing up for a vegetable garden or ornamental plants? Or both? You might be able to use Agave and Yucca type plants to anchor an area for really low water use until the well gets going and then expand beyond that at a later time. Some ornamental grasses might work there, but beware of creating a fire danger if you use any grasses. Wind, low humidity are not good with fire and what's growing on the 20 acres needs to be considered. If you have specific ideas of plants you are interested in growing, you might get some good input here on ATP. Your growing conditions are going to be similar to some folks in Oklahoma and parts of New Mexico and Colorado as well. There are probably members in those locations that can give advice as well. Things outdoors year round will have to have some cold hardiness. What zone is Amarillo, do you know? Zone 7a or 6b? Good luck. Ask questions.

Donald