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I have been out of town for the entire summer for work, so I haven't been able to make it to any of the classes. I am planning on signing up for some classes this fall and I am going to move a large portion of my garden to the front yard (my dog was a little too interested in the one I planted in the back yard). I have a lot to learn still, but the resources on this site are incredible...I have learned so much just by reading about other peoples' successes/failures/lessons. Many thanks again for introducing me to this group!
(My company, Ernst & Young, sponsors a charity/club on a quarterly basis. This quarter, it is the Permaculture Guild...I'm looking forward to taking part in that!)
: ) Mary
For those of you who are looking for the planting calendars I mentioned on the radio this morning, please enter "planting calendar" into the search function at the top right of the web page. You can find it under the entry "Low Desert Planting & Harvest Calendar". If that doesn't work, please don't hesitate to email me!
Cheers, Liz
I just want to comment on the Native American Tribes leaving the area centuries ago. In the book 1491, I highly recommend, it is told how the people of that time irrigated so much that they salinated the land and made it unusable. This happened in many pre-european era cultures over many years. Also the water table was raised so high in some that they could not grow food. Settlers found the water table in Phoenix at ten feet. Maybe fact check that. That may sound not so bad except the mineral build up had no way of washing through the soil. 1491 talks of your area extensively. I recommend the audio books. I did my PDC in 2007.
Good Luck.
Dan Halsey, Mpls
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