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  • Thanks for the encouragement Ericka!
    We're very into the sunken bed idea and hope it works well! We're fortunate enough not too have rocky or caliche-plagued soil, so we went for it.

    Anyway we've certainly sweated alot (and gotten in shape!) digging and preparing sunken beds this summer! So this morning was a BIG milestone because we actually planted something!!! After months of bed digging, compost making and soil-building, we decided to plant one of the new beds as a (late) monsoon garden of black-eyed peas, squash, etc. We just got fresh seeds from Native Seed Search in the mail yesterday, plus I had old, saved seeds that may or not germinate - couldn't resist getting something planted. We'll wait until early September to plant the rest of the garden with winter vegetables, plus fruit trees we've been keeping alive in containers all summer, & flowers and herbs!

    Farraday and Jeff
  • Hi Ericka,

    Thank you so much! Our garden is not actually built yet. We are in the very early stages of planning. We're currently soliciting community support and asking our local community questions like where they would like the garden to be located. Feel free to check out our community forum next Monday (8/9 from 6-7:30pm at the Escalante Community Center in Tempe) to learn more :)

    Enjoy this beautiful day!

    -Alyssa
  • Hi Ericka,
    I look forward to more interaction with the group. Thanks for the welcome.

    Amisa
  • Your always welcome to join us for any of our events.
  • Thank you, I am excited to be here and I am looking forward to learning all I can....Maybe even share something at some point
  • Wow--it's really almost a reversal of seasons! Thanks for this.
  • Thanks, Erica! Any thoughts about what I can grow now in pots? (Every August in VA is about a huge basil harvest and pesto making as well as tomatoes and peppers out of my ears--feel funny not growing anything!). Heather
  • Thanks Ericka, we are very excited about the opportunities to learn & share!
  • Thanks and happy growing!
  • Thanks for greeting us Erika. We are glad to find the Permiculture group here. We also just joined the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers. We are going forward on a vegetable and fruit garden after trying 8 years ago. The critters ate everything back then and this time we have made an enclosure to keep the critters out. Composting is in full production and we should be ready to plant soon.
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