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Hoping to row in Cedar Crest, NM!
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cjsdad
Cedar Crest, NM
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| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:14 am Post subject: Hoping to row in Cedar Crest, NM! |
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Nice to be here! I'm hoping to start a vegetable garden at 7000ft. elevation! Can it be done?!!!
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dooley
Texas
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My sister lived in Flagstaff, Arizona and she had a garden. You just have to start things inside or buy plants instead of seeds. There are even some seeds that are short season so you can use them. Find out how long your growing season is (from the last frost date to the first frost date) and look on the back of the seed packages to see the time lengths for growing them. Usually it will say 60 to 120 days or something in between. Lettuce, peas, beets, chard, all the cool weather crops will do okay after the last frost date, average date. Ours is in March but we are at 4,300 here. Try it, experiment on what will grow but you should be able to do most things. dooley
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glendann
Texas
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Hello and welcome to our Stew from Central Texas.
There is lots of people here to help you .I don't know why you couldn't unless you have snow all year .
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Palm Tree
Cape Town
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Hello Csjdad
Welcome to the Stew. The Stew has buddies from all over the globe I am sure some of them will be able to help.
I do not know a lot about high altitude gardening since I have always lived near sea level. But I am looking forward to your posts and learning about and from your experiences. 
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Droopy
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Western Norway
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Welcome, Csjdad, from mid-Norway.  Looking forward to hearing about your new garden. I'm at sea level too, so I know nothing about mountain gardening.
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caffrey
Holland
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I know nothing about gardening, high altitude or otherwise but welcome to the forum from another newbie! I too am hoping to learn lots here but it sounds like you are quite a bit ahead of me on the gardening front. Good luck!
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Silman45
Southeastern Tennessee
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Welcome csj, I hope it is not as hard to learn as high altitude cooking/baking was! I miss the scenery, but am glad to be back to where it is "normal" for me! Hwo long have you lived there?
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kaseylib
Wisconsin
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Hi from northeast Wisconsin. It's a winter wonderland out there this morning after another 5 inches of snow yesterday. No high altitudes here, but I know someone here will be able to help you out.
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Penny
Ontario, Canada
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Hi there and Welcome from Ontario.
Its so nice to meet you.
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Sherry8
Wisconsin...zone 4
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Hello...just wanted to welcome you to Garden Stew...
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Netty
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Southern Ontario zone 5a
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Hello cjsdad 
Welcome to Gardenstew from southern Ontario!
Best of luck with your high altitude garden
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Originally Galway, Ireland
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Hi cjsdad and a big welcome to the friendliest and most helpful gardening forum on the Net. Please let us know about your hobbies/interests etc...
Don't forget to check out our blogs, member map and calendar.
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bullthistle
Charlotte, NC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:39 am Post subject: High altitude gardening. |
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My brother lives in Abiquiu and I lived in Denver, 5200 feet, and you'll need to compost and lots of water in July & August. Might want to get some 55 gallon drums and stick them below your downspouts. It is not a problem having a garden, the soil isn't the best, but you'll need water and possibly fencing depending on your wildlife. Might want to consider container gardening until you get your inground spot ready. Welcome!
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kuntrygal
Texas ~ Zone 8
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Welcome to the Stew from East Texas, and good luck with your garden. I'm sure it will thrive and you will have a bountiful harvest 
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Scotland
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