Sounds like the hill will help with drainage. For back problems have you considered straw bale gardening? I've tried it before and was moderately successful. I just did it for a fun experiment. You need well aged bales.
We hit 120° last summer. My garden basically 'rested' last summer and I put in lots of tomatoes, chinese cabbage, onions and herbs in early fall. We got an early frost a couple of weeks ago and some of the beautiful tomato plants took a hit but I think the root systems are strong and they will come back in spring.
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