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RE: How High-Density Urban Gardening Can Change the World
Hi, great stuff. We lived in Tucson for 8 years and had veggie gardens. Now we live in Mexico and have a big lot with fruit trees and more veggies than ever. It is so rewarding to grow your own food. My husband is the compost guy. We mix sea wheat and coconut husk into our compost. The stuff is gathered from the beach and the desert for free. Horse manure is gathered off the road. We just harvested all our mangoes. The only thing we will not have this time are chickens. we love them but we have to many coons around.
Hi, @angelast1! Thanks for reading my post and commenting. Your garden sounds lovely, and very inspiring! How are you liking Mexico? Our next-door neighbors give us asparagus from their family farm in Caborca, Mexico, and it's the best asparagus we've ever tasted! (Maybe the proximity to the sea is what makes it taste so great.)
We love it here. The soil is so much better than in Tucson. Minerals wash down from the mountains and mix with the sandy soil. We never have frost, so there is always something growing. I have okra, longbeans, black eyed peas, peppers of various kinds, eggplants and tons of basil right now. I hope to get a second crop of squash, melons and cucumbers. The veggies from the grocery stores are not organic here. They come from commercial operations from the valley. There aren't many mexican neighbours who plant veggies. I guess it is due to the limited amount of water that goes around. We fill a Jacuzzi with water every night when water pressure is up, so we can water the garden. Without that we wouldn't be able to grow. Challenges of the desert!