Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

They could try gardening in the winter in Phoenix. Otherwise, crispy
critters.

Due to severe limits on water supplies plus the serious need for energy
hogging air conditioning almost year round, development in Phoenix is
inherently unsustainable. The cost of energy and water can't go anywhere
but up, up, up. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 5/27/2007 at 5:20 AM elderberryjam wrote:

>My ex husband and his wife are visiting us (in Ohio), from Phoenix for
>our 
>son's HS graduation. She likes to garden, but hasn't tried much in their 
>sandy, cactus-y lot. I served kolarabi along with many other cut
>vegetables 
>I bought. She had never had it before and loves it. I have visited the 
>southwest, and have seen my cousin growing nice tomatoes in her flower
>beds 
>near Sedona, and an acquaintance in Holbrook growing beautiful lettuce
>under 
>a cloth.
>
>Is it possible to grow kolarabi fairly easily in Phoenix? If so, are there

>any special tips? I Googled it, and came up with the growing season being 
>fall and winter. Things there are quite a bit different than in Ohio. Can 
>you use dishwater for your garden? Thanks.
>
>Gwen 
>