Growing Seasons
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- Subject: Growing Seasons
- From: S* M* <7*@CompuServe.COM>
- Date: 17 Apr 96 11:59:17 EDT
Nell Lancaster writes:
>> Sharon, I'm really glad you went into more detail about your growing
season.
8" of annual rainfall, and half of it coming in July-August !?! That must have
taken some getting used to (you're not a NM native, right?). Arils surely are
tough customers. What other plants flourish in those situations? <<
Yes, it took some getting used to. I kills most of the first iris I planted
because I planted them on ridges like I had in Oklahoma, with the tops of the
rhizomes exposed so they wouldn't rot. They cooked.
The native plants are things like mesquite, sage, yucca and cactus. Even the
arils require supplemental water. My garden is on the mesa overlooking the
Mesilla Valley -- farm country. Crops include lettuce, onions, chile, cotton,
alfalfa. But EVERYTHING is irrigated.
Sharon McAllister (73372.1752@compuserve.com)
Southern New Mexico
