Pam Peirce at Edible Garden

Wow 6 months since I have written a post in this blog. I am going to have to do better.

Last weekend I got to meet Pam Peirce when she spoke in El Granada on Vegetable gardening in a Mediterranean climate. While she didn't take about composting, it was still great to see her in person and hear her new views on vegetable gardening. It definately seemed like she is well on her way to getting another book published and shared some of the content with the gardening club.

It was her show, so when I spoke to her after the talk I didn't mention Plangarden.com. Even though that is part of my passion. I really wanted to learn as much as I could from her. While her knowledge on the local climate is unsurpased, I don't always follow everything she suggests. This is mainly because I spend as much time breaking the rules of vegetable gardening. I plant out of season. I try to find ways to grow things that I shouldn't be able to grow. I compost in ways that are not what you are taught in books. Sure I have a few extra failures along the way. But I also get a few gardening surprises and get to expand my knowledge outside of the conventional wisedom.

In anouther post in another Blog I will go into the details and some of the new things that I learned from her. And of course I will be standing line when her next book is released to gleam some more gems from her vegetable gardening expertise.