People/Experts
Bob Harrill harrill_icons@yahoo.com
- Bengta Wolsing forwards the
following information: Victor Soto has three piles of soil for gardening. One is pure sand,
one is manure from cows and the third one, the biggest is composed of
black soil, peels of wood and sand.
- Diane Carpenter's Soil Primer Notes on Soil Composition
from Annette Hinman
A question has been raised about what climate zone we are in. Info
from "Plants for Dry Climates" - Chap. 1 - The Arid Environment. Low,
middle or high-zone climates. LOW-ZONE CLIMATES - closest to tropical
climates; sea level to 2,000 ft; growing season ranges from yr.-round
along coast to 302 days in Phx., AZ. Avg. summer max. temp. 102F (39
deg. C) & much higher in drier interior locations
120F (49C). Often 80F at night. Annual rain (10" or less). Wide temp.
variations exclude some tropical plants inland that thrive on coast.
Fall months signal beginning of planting year in this zone. Early fall
planting of annual flowers permits a full life cycle before the high
temps. of late April and May.
April Pruitt reports that the USDA shows our area on their map of climate zone in the US, Canada and Mexico and lists of as 10B. This in a different listing system from the Sunset Magazine system that many of us are familiar with. To see the definitions for USDA climate zones, you can access their web site at:
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