El Niño & Growing Crops

We are not meteorology experts, but we can all agree it's going to be a  very hot and dry summer/fall in the southwest. That is nothing new. But it doesn't mean crops can't be grown. Growers can find adaptive plants. (Like this Peredovik Sunflower you see here - sown outdoors with temps in the mid-90s). Below are the crops we are testing this summer, outdoors in the El Niño summer. Shading and watering will be significant challenges, but we believe can solved economically. Worried about the layer of caliche crust in this area? Yes, it's a problem. Once  cracked through, underneath that 12-18" layer is a mineral rich soil that is way underutilized. Below is our list of drought tolerant food crops we are testing this summer outdoors: