Check out Geoff Lawton's videos on bitchute. He's an Aussie bloke, but he's done some projects in Jordan/Palestine.

nopales are awesome. They taste like green beans

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Check out this article: https://www.rareseeds.com/art-combes-amazing-ancient-watermelon/

Here's a snippet (and, yes, it's THAT Cliven Bundy): "He also explained his unique dry farming technique. Bundy and his wife Carol were famous locally for their incredibly sweet melons and watermelons. Bundy was the only known “commercial” (small scale) grower and seed saver of the ancient handled watermelon, and the fate of the Ancient Handled Watermelon would be in jeopardy had he not passed seeds along to other seed savers."

Super interesting article. Also put Cliven Bundy in a whole new light for me.

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So there's a dude in NW nebraska who uses the earth's heat to grow citrus fruits in the -10-degree winter. You can use the same earth-COOLED-energy to bring DOWN the temperature of your greenhouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD_3_gsgsnk

Check out shade sails. Let's in a % of the sun and rain and your plants don't get burned up.

There's a YouTube channel that has people growing amazing amounts of food, I was straight up jealous because it was more than what I'm capable of in Georgia 7b. I'm too tired to look it up now but if you don't have any luck finding it let me know I'll search tomorrow.

Off topic, but a nigger would never be able to ask this question or even imagine the why they would need to.

I read some stuff a while back, never had the opportunity to try it... You're supposed to be able to find a 'wadi' which is a formation that indicates the flow of moisture during the wet season. Alongside the banks, you want to start with hardy 'pioneer' plants like palm trees that can trap moisture and provide shade. After a few seasons, once the pioneers have stabilized, you're supposed to be able to add lemon trees and continue working down to more sensitive species from there. I guess soil salinity is an issue and if you can eventually get mushrooms growing, then you're well on the way to 'greening' the desert.

Here's a rabbit hole of info: https://permaculturenews.org/2019/02/26/still-greening-the-desert/

Get a few metric tons of horse poop. Get some shade cloth or native brush chopped back 50% so that your plants dont fry in the heat. Only water at night and make sure your soil has enough clay to hold a days moisture. don't be afraid to pile as much as a foot of mulch over your growing beds to preserve moisture. Stuff like that.

Look up what people grow in Morocco or agriculture of the Pueblo Indians, find some inspiration.

Bio domes with swamp coolers would let you grow anything you want, that's what the Sustainable City, Dubai uses. Skip too 11 minutes to see inside the bio domes. It's basically a partially shaded green house with rudimentary cooling.

I'm pretty sure olives like dry soil and tons of sun with low humidity. Depending on location to be sure, you'd probably couldn't grow anything in the middle of the Atacama desert. Someone said prickly pears and those are surprisingly good if you haven't tried them. Dates as well, though there's tons of varieties, you'd have to do some research.

Get a green house with a fan and automatic vents. Sprinkler system. Real dirt. It's a desert man, what did you expect?

You can easily grow prickly pear and the fruit is delicious.