Chino Valley, Az

[Gretchen B]

Originally Posted by riddlesgun

I'm looking at CV for a summer home. Can anyone tell me if the climate and soil are good for growing vegetables and fruit trees? I'm sick of store bought tomatoes that taste like watermelon rind. Another question is do they have wells and if so, how good is the water? Any houses there on solar or wind power? Thank you.

Chino Valley actually used to be a predominantly faming area, so you can grow a variety of vegetables there. In fact, there's still a few people that grow vegies for the famer's markets. As far as fruit trees, you can grow about anything but citrus - too cold for that. Some of the early blooming trees (like apricots) occasionally get zapped by a late frost.

Generally good wells up in Chino, with the exception of a couple of areas on the west. Solar or wind power would work great. There's usually plenty of both.

[esselcue]

I have lived in Chino for 22 years and I have apple and peach trees that produce huge crops...also amazing vegetable gardens! Just add water. I grow everything from corn to carrots, peas, tomatoes, gourds, cantelope...it all does well. Just the usual soil stuff like weeding and I feed blood and bone meal. If you like to garden you will love CV,,,but it does take work and water. The results are worth it...my tomatoes are sweet as can be!

By the way, it is no more windy there than anywhere else in the area...we get heavy-duty spring winds every year in March & April. Lots of junipers and such so people with allergies do suffer a bit, but that's also all over this area, not specific to Chino. It IS a small town without a lot of "entertainment" so if you are a person who needs nightlife you may not like it, but it suits me and many other folks well.

Good luck to you!

[havasulady]

Chino Valley is a lovely town, quiet and peaceful. However; Hwy 89 gets alot of traffic during commuting hours. I lived there for 3 years and moved back to Lake Havasu. There is alot more wind in Lake Havasu. I grew herbs and tomatoes when I lived in Chino Valley. The best Mexican Food restaurants in CV. There are dozens of Mexican Food restaurants here in Havasu, none can beat the two in CV.