Comments on: My mission in the Kalu Yala http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/blog/soils/my-mission-in-the-kalu-yala/ Just another Patwelsh.com weblog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: Pat http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/blog/soils/my-mission-in-the-kalu-yala/comment-page-1/#comment-347 Pat Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:36:49 +0000 http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/?p=869#comment-347 Got It! (Guess I was the one who was a little slow on the take.) But this year I will be speaking on spring planted bulbs, not a subject that's likely to help you in Panama. Would love to see you there, of course, and the more breadth of information you have on garden subjects of all kinds the better and more able gardener you will become. But for information directly influencing your Panama experience, why not sign up for my Cool-Season (winter) Vegetable talk on September 4, 2010 at Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach? This event includes slide illustrated growing information from me and a cooking demonstration also by Cathy Thomas. See my "events" listing on this blog, and the Rancho Los Alamitos website for information and ticket purchase. http://www.rancholosalamitos.com/events.htm. The temperatures at which specific seeds will and will not germinate will have a direct influence on what can be grown and when in Panama. Mountainous areas of Panama have a cooler climate than lower elevations. I suggest you begin now studying the climate and the night and day temperatures at various times of year at Kalu Yala, where you hope to be living and farming. Making a chart of the year and mark down the average night and day temperatures for every day of the year. Doing this year-round would help you to compare gardening here or in other climates in the United States with gardening there and if your location is mountainous, to think of such things as winter-protection for crops and what plants are adapted to cool nights and hot days. Got It! (Guess I was the one who was a little slow on the take.) But this year I will be speaking on spring planted bulbs, not a subject that’s likely to help you in Panama. Would love to see you there, of course, and the more breadth of information you have on garden subjects of all kinds the better and more able gardener you will become. But for information directly influencing your Panama experience, why not sign up for my Cool-Season (winter) Vegetable talk on September 4, 2010 at Rancho Los Alamitos in Long Beach? This event includes slide illustrated growing information from me and a cooking demonstration also by Cathy Thomas. See my “events” listing on this blog, and the Rancho Los Alamitos website for information and ticket purchase. http://www.rancholosalamitos.com/events.htm.

The temperatures at which specific seeds will and will not germinate will have a direct influence on what can be grown and when in Panama. Mountainous areas of Panama have a cooler climate than lower elevations. I suggest you begin now studying the climate and the night and day temperatures at various times of year at Kalu Yala, where you hope to be living and farming. Making a chart of the year and mark down the average night and day temperatures for every day of the year. Doing this year-round would help you to compare gardening here or in other climates in the United States with gardening there and if your location is mountainous, to think of such things as winter-protection for crops and what plants are adapted to cool nights and hot days.

]]> By: Chris http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/blog/soils/my-mission-in-the-kalu-yala/comment-page-1/#comment-346 Chris Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:35:47 +0000 http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/?p=869#comment-346 Sorry I wasn't clear in my last email. I was referring to the <a href="http://www.uccemg.com/gi02_calendar.shtml#sep" rel="nofollow">University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners of Orange County seminar in Huntington Beach Sept 25th.</a> I know I could learn some valuable information that I could use in Panama. Sorry I wasn’t clear in my last email. I was referring to the University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardeners of Orange County seminar in Huntington Beach Sept 25th. I know I could learn some valuable information that I could use in Panama.

]]> By: Pat http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/blog/soils/my-mission-in-the-kalu-yala/comment-page-1/#comment-345 Pat Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:17:08 +0000 http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/?p=869#comment-345 Thanks for telling us about the seminar. Other interested people might want to attend and learn more. Can you provide a link and more information? For example: exact name of organization, time and location of event, and what research you have done to make sure the organization is legitimate and trustworthy. Thanks for telling us about the seminar. Other interested people might want to attend and learn more. Can you provide a link and more information? For example: exact name of organization, time and location of event, and what research you have done to make sure the organization is legitimate and trustworthy.

]]> By: Chris http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/blog/soils/my-mission-in-the-kalu-yala/comment-page-1/#comment-344 Chris Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:16:42 +0000 http://patwelsh.com/wpmu/?p=869#comment-344 Thank you so very much, I am going to be at the Seminar in Huntington Beach if could make it. Thank you so very much, I am going to be at the Seminar in Huntington Beach if could make it.

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