Re: Great gardening info from everyone....

**"Deborah Mills" d*@greencure.org**

Adam,

I think that would be the perfect name for the garden...."7th Wonder" hmm..

I'll check out these sites and if we secure the land I'll keep everyone
posted.

All my best,
Deborah

> Deborah,
>
> I know that you've soil tested the super alkaline land that your're
> interested in placing raised beds on to grow. The massive composting
project
> that you're about to start to help reclaim this property will astonish
all
> of us as the 7th wonder of the world
> , I'm sure. ;=)
>
> In all seriousness, bless your energy! The master gardeners on this list
> will undoubtedly share their recipes with you. Here are some sites that
may
> amuse...
>
>
> All joking aside: Here's an interesting piece from the Chinese People's
> Daily about agriculture on alkaline land. Evidentally there is a
"Dongying
> Alkaline-Tolerant Botanical Garden" in Dongying, a city in Shandong
Province
> at the mouth of the Yellow River. How accurate this report is is, anyone's
> guess ( I guess those pictures of a swimming Mao that were circulated a
few
> weeks before his death still have me a little skeptical.)
>
> http://www.peopledaily.ac.cn/english/200001/08/eng20000108T102.html
>
> Here's a piece on World Bank reclaimation of high PH land in Uttar
Pradesh.
> I know this is "better living through chemistry" but I just throwing this
> into the mix, anyway:
>
> http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/extme/2042.htm
>
>
> More from India:
> http://www.niamonline.com/greening.htm
>
> Great luck with your project!
>
> Adam Honigman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deborah Mills [d*@greencure.org]
> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:32 PM
> To: community_garden@mallorn. com
> Subject: [cg] Great gardening info from everyone....
>
>
> I want to let everyone know that with all of the recent Q & A about
> gardening has been wonderful. This server is always great but I guess the
> scientist in me enjoys all this talk about dirt.  Very useful information.
> Hats off to everyone!
>
> I do have a question. I am looking at a piece of land that is very, very,
> very, high in akaline. My thoughts are that we could utilize this property
> by gardening in raised beds that would be deep enough to acommendate root
> growth where we would have to bring soil into the project. This soil is so
> akaline that approximately twice a year a local farmer gives it the once
> over to knock down the few weeds that seem to pop up. After he does this,
> with-in a month or two, you can begin to see the salts accumulate on the
> surface and it becomes crusted over.
>
> Any thoughts or comments on the idea of using this land would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
>
>
>
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