BajaNomad

¡Ijole! 200 Meters From Blue Ocean Water and 12% Relative Humidity!

DavidE - 6-28-2012 at 05:18 PM

A mopped floor dried in less than 3 minutes! Temperature 33 grados. I have to admit, this is a first for me.

DavidE - 6-28-2012 at 05:29 PM

Counting My Chickens...

Have Elotes Will Travel (Mid August to Late August)

Mulegé area Dorado fishermen take note...

Same day picked Kandy Korn from my garden, wampum trade for Dorado, and Triggerfish fillets. Some say Kandy korn is the best eating ear of corn on the face of the earth. I won't argue. I gotta admit though this corn would make lousy tortillas. Way way too sweet & tender to handle lime water and a grinding stone.

My experimental stand is now waist high. My housekeeper told me she "can't believe her eyes".

And yes Asuncionados y Asuncionadas, there will will elotes for everyone, Inshallah!

BajaBlanca - 7-1-2012 at 09:35 AM

your garden is pretty amazing ! we saw it with our own eyes.

DavidE - 7-1-2012 at 12:06 PM

The corn is now "chest High". With these temperatures and crystal clear skies, properly fed corn grows amazingly fast. The russet potatoes are already in bloom (meaning the roots are starting to form tubers), the epazote, a two inch sprig with one leaf when I planted it two months ago, is now a foot and a half tall, and I count twenty-seven tomatoes on two plants. When the sixteen beefsteak plants are transplanted I should have a good supply --- and it is all organic.

I went to the Caracol dairy yesterday and got another 300 KG of estérico, corn and alfalfa feed dairy cow manure (different than steer manure). The stuff is as dry as dust and has a little Vizcaino dirt mixed in. And that, has a good percentage of ash residue from the ancient tres virgénes volcano eruptions. Makes for a wonderful blend. Also found the dairy sells direct to the consumer. The milk I purchased has an expiration date of 14 July! Bought cotija, chihuahua, and other cheeses, choriso "autentico", yoghurt, and other stuff. All came out of the locker bitter cold. Nice folks. I laid a 50 peso note on the 2 guys that filled my plastic sacks and I thought they were going to go nuts thanking me. I promised to bring them a six-pack of coca-cola the next time. They loved it. The supermercado on the north side of the highway downtown Vizcaino sells clear plastic bags of which some are big enough to make a 20 KG costal of estérico. On the right hand aisle, left side, almost at the end, waist high.

I leach salt out of the sand/dirt here by soaking the ground with water. Then mix it 40/60 with esterico. You'll have the happiest plants on the face of the earth.

Next comes bougainvillea. Magenta and white. Planted 2 meters apart. Prepare ground by removing sand. Placing a layer of gravel, then replace sand/dirt with a 2 CM layer of leached of salt sand/dirt, followed by 2 CM of esterico. Taught to me by Gregory Townsend who lives/lived on Bougainville island. Don't ask me why the gravel is necessary, or why layering is necessary. He said something about "root structure preferences". The results are magic. Insanely fast growing, incredible numbers of intensely colored brachts. The two colors will eventually blend to a total spectrum of pinks in the middle. 12 hours of daylight produce the most brachts. One of the most beautiful effects in México!

Eli - 7-1-2012 at 06:25 PM

What an enjoyable read, all sounds delightful.

bacquito - 7-2-2012 at 06:48 AM

What is "esterico"?

RnR - 7-2-2012 at 07:30 AM

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Originally posted by bacquito
What is "esterico"?


My guess is the same thing that our gardener calls "caca de vaca".:lol:

DavidE - 7-2-2012 at 08:34 AM

Yeah :biggrin: I'll walk into some refraccionarioa de agricola right up to the counter and ask ¿HAY CACA DE VACA?

After everyone picks themself up off the floor I might get a response like

NO, PERO TENEMOS MUCHO CACA HUMANO EN LA TAZA EN EL BAÑO

When everyone picks themselves up the second time, you'll realize there is a better way to ask for dry cow manure.

bacquito - 7-2-2012 at 12:52 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by DavidE
Yeah :biggrin: I'll walk into some refraccionarioa de agricola right up to the counter and ask ¿HAY CACA DE VACA?

After everyone picks themself up off the floor I might get a response like

NO, PERO TENEMOS MUCHO CACA HUMANO EN LA TAZA EN EL BAÑO

When everyone picks themselves up the second time, you'll realize there is a better way to ask for dry cow manure.


Thank you one and all-I tried to look in up on "translate" but got nowhere.