RE: no-till gardening on limestone
- To: "f. cardama"
- Subject: RE: no-till gardening on limestone
- From: r*
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:55:19 -0800 (PST)
How often do you have to water your planted areas? I assume since you
can see the Mediterranean, it is probably warm enough that you can
water even in winter.
On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, f. cardama wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 18:28:24 +0100
> From: "f. cardama" <ban@mx3.redestb.es>
> To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Subject: RE: no-till gardening on limestone
>
> I can add further . got converted to no till the minute I got posession of
> my current house and tried to plant the first plant.
> no topsoil on an arid southeast facing hillside where I can see the
> mediterranean sea in the distance to the east.
> erratic and torrential autumn rains when we get them. ( not every year),
> little or no rain the rest of the year. In fact, since my water supply was
> from the roof until a year ago, I was very aware of frecuency and amount of
> rain fallen. I counted once, in 95 I believe, 10 months with not so much as
> a drop.
>
> I have planted almost everything with a pickaxe to make the hole big enough
> to accomodate the rootball.some of the plants got only half buried since the
> pickaxe sometimes bounces back.
> I have being mulching everything for as long as I have being here, 6 years
> now, and have being using mostly almond shells since what little compost I
> make goes to the, also no dig, vegetable plot.
>
> I have to say that where worms were unheard of is now populated by them and
> the almond shells have turned into wonderfull dark crumbly stuff. many
> plants went chlorotic at the beginning but there is no chlorosis about now
> except for a grevillea rosmarinifolia which I think I will dispense with and
> the citrus trees to whom I administer the occasional chelate.
> I am now totally converted to no digging and think that even if I had a
> duggable garden wouldn´t dig it.
> francisco
> >
>
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