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  • From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] Improving the water-retention properties of the soil
  • Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:27:41 -0700


What's sunflower lettuce? Are you associated with Tierra Madre? Are you
able to grow year round?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/31/2007 at 8:26 AM shu chan wrote:

>Hello Mitch,
>
>We live in the south of NM and it is hot, dry, and
>alkaline here also. We have bumper crops of greens and
>other veggies with the methods that we use.
>Along with mulching and close spacing, we have 50%
>shade cloth covering all beds, wind breaks to the
>windward side of our garden, use EM1 and EM Bokashi to
>help release locked up nutrients and bring the ph back
>into balance, and have an intense program to improve
>our soil.
>We have a healing center here and depend on what we
>grow for most of our meals and nutrition. Also, we
>grow wheatgrass, buckwheat and sunflower lettuce, and
>sprouts to supplement the garden.
>
>Dwayne
>LivingFoodsLearningCenter.com
>
>
>
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