peggy miller wrote: > Bringing food local reduces transportation costs, cuts carbon emissions, > and makes for a healthier diet. Glad to see the White House has decided > to have a huge organic garden (see link below). Makes me realize it is > time to get out there myself (at least pretty soon!) Peggy
If you're in NM, the best bet is to wait until May Day. 15 April is the mean last frost, but local master gardeners hold off to avoid fruit-tree-blossom-killing-time. Also, if in NM, you need to consider your altitude and location. I live in the valley north of ABQ and I'm still finding frost on my car in the mornings - not so much from altitude as from being the lowest spot where the cold settles. Another piece of NM gardening wisdom I've gained from the real masters - especially as you want to go organic - you have two choices for growing squash and avoiding squash bugs. You can put a board down on the ground next to your squash - once the bugs show up you go out with your morning coffee, pick up the board, and dance all over the bugs (it's organic :-). Alternately, you wait two weeks after all your neighbours have planted squash and then plant. All the bugs will go to them first and you shouldn't have many of them. ObComplexity - Considering squash bug spread as a complex, epidemiological problem, why would an enclave planted later experience less infestation than surrounding enclaves? What effect does the range of spread of bugs have? Does that range of spread change with the lifecycle of the bugs? -- Ray Parks [email protected] Consilient Heuristician Voice:505-844-4024 ATA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
