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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

It isn't the heat, Bev.  Some of the best alfalfa around grows in REALLY hot 
areas and in hot, humid areas.  It would most likely be the something to do 
with the soil.  However, it grows all over Sonoma County which is nasty, 
suck-your-boots-off-ya red clay.  Although it does grow best in the flood 
plains of the Russian River.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> Well, I can't grow alfalfa here, either.  I think maybe our summers are
> too hot?  I don't know.  We do have clay, but my pasture is rocky
> acidic, not loamy acidic. :)  There's no way you can harrow it.
> I've done the hand broadcast thing on my 7 acre pasture, so I know
> what's involved in that...wow, what a job!