To all the lovely people,

Hello, I hope everyone is well and happy. Years ago when I was teaching junior high school at Walter Colton in Monterey I started a project on gardening and growing plants to eat. We prepared the soil (mostly DG and clay) by adding lots of straw and compost as well as some organic fertilizer and planted our seeds. The students were interested and really took ownership of our garden. I was very pleased with the results. Years later I had the opportunity to teach horticulture to adults and one of the things I stressed was growing at least some of your own food. Some of you receiving this email will remember those days and the wonderful times we had in that class. 

Below is a short article I...