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  • From: "Alex McGregor" <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Summer production of cool season vegetables
  • Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 10:28:01 -0500

Where are you?

Alex McGregor
Walden Farm


> [Original Message]
> From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
> To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 2/22/2005 8:36:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Summer production of cool season vegetables
>
> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 15:56:01 -0600, you wrote:
>
> >Dear Growers, etc.
> >
> >I am interested in examples of people using high tunnels, row covers,
> >shade cloth, misters, sprinkler irrigation, or other tricks to cool
> >things down enough to produce lettuce, spinach and other cool season
> >leafy green vegetables in the heat of the summer.
>
> This is on a microscopic scale, mind you, but I grow lettuce
> and mesclun mix in a container on wheels and pull it into a
> shaded area on hot sunny summer days.
>
> I am able to have fresh lettuce and mesclun throughout the
> entire summer in this manner (but I live in northern
> Pennsylvania in the mountains, I don't know if it would work
> in Texas or similar places).
>
> This could be adapted to a larger scale.
>
> Pat
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