Re: curing compost
- To: Nan Sterman , m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: curing compost
- From: J* M*
- Date: Fri, 05 May 2000 21:54:26 -0700
Hi Nan,
I maintain two large gardens in Pasadena. One is Cynthia Hall's garden,
which was initially designed by Chris Rosmini. It is a plantsman's garden,
with hundreds of species of plants: 240 roses, smaller collections of
camellias, azaleas, geraniums, ornamental grasses, succulents, South African
bulbs, bearded and other irises, daylilies, abutilons, brugmansias,
columbines, phormiums, salvias, etc., etc., etc. If you want to see it, it
just happens to be on the PBS program tomorrow (Saturday, May 6. Consult
your local station for time). It was photographed in March, the day after
our biggest winter storm which brought us hail, so it was not at its best,
and they didn't photograph the parts that Chris and I thought were the most
attractive, but what the .... It also was featured in the spring, 2000
issue of Pacific Horticulture, and the Pacific horticultural Foundation is
having its annual party for donors there this Sunday. The other garden
started out as a Thomas Church design. The bones are still his, but the
planting is mine. It is more of a landscape garden, developed as a series
of outdoor rooms, on the lip of the Arroyo Seco, with spectacular views of
the San Gabriel Mountains and Mount San Gorgonio as a backdrop. I also
supervise the redevelopment of the garden of the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals (the old Vista del Arroyo Hotel). And I design gardens and write
about them on the side.
John MacGregor
jonivy@earthlink.net
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>From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@mindsovermatter.com>
>To: "John MacGregor" <jonivy@earthlink.net>
>Subject: Re: curing compost
>Date: Fri, May 5, 2000, 8:07 AM
>
> Hello John,
>
> Thanks for the composting description. Your asked what I mean by
> saying that compost is "done." Well, I've never myself been able to
> achieve that coffee ground consistency, I have come to think of it as
> the composters holy grail. I consider done to be when I can't
> identify the kitchen waste anymore and the garden clippings have
> turned very brown. Like you, I tend to use it as I need it.
>
> Tell me how many gardens you care for and what kinds of gardens they are...
>
> Nan
>
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> Nan Sterman
> San Diego County California
> Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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