Columbia Basin · 2026 course

Grow food in a desert that owns a river.

Dual-track kitchen garden training for Kennewick: Beginner coach checklists or Advanced Undergrad depth. Same crops. Different altitude.

USDA 7a ~7–8 in rain/yr Hot · Dry · Irrigated

Browse crops Systems first

Tracks

Pick your altitude

Use the Beginner / Advanced control in the header (it sticks). Same yard, different syllabus.

Beginner

Funny coach energy: short checklists, how-to walkthroughs, and the top ways people mess it up.

Advanced Undergrad

Field notes, phenology, irrigation by stage, diagnostics tables—home-garden science with teeth.

Basin-first

Built for heat, wind, alkaline sand, and irrigation culture—not Seattle cosplay.

Bugs, heat stress, and diagnosis first.

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Systems

Companions

Shared water zones, not Pinterest folklore.

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Systems

Resources

Extension, labs, and seed that work here.

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Crop catalog

Seven crops that earn their water

Toggle tracks on any guide. Beginner for shipping day-one; Advanced when you want the lab notes.

Grain

Sweet corn

Blocks, silk season, nitrogen appetite.

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Fruiting

Tomatoes

Basin heat is a gift. Water is tuition.

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Fruiting

Bell peppers

Warm soil only. Green still counts.

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Chile

Jalapeños

Heat MVP with fewer excuses.

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Herb

Basil

Pinch often. Frost is murder.

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Squash

Zucchini

One plant. Daily harvest tax.

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Allium

Onions

Long-day types or tiny forever.

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Seminar

Essays with teeth

Desert irrigation culture, rain myths, alkaline dirt club.

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