@lioness - My vegetable gardens are small because we travel, and aren't always there to tend them. Instead I stick to perennials that pretty much watch themselves. We too love the Grand Canyon, so much so that every time we will be passing within a half-day drive of it, we detour to see it. We also love the Little Colorado River Canyon just to the northeast of the east entrance to the South Rim. If it were anywhere else in the country, it would be a destination itself, but it is so near the Grand Canyon that nobody seems to notice it except the local people.
Sue