This sounds so cool! I learned a lot about gardening in this funky climate of the lower Sonoran Desert in a different way - I was dating a guy years ago who worked for the Desert Botanical Gardens here in Phoenix and because of this I had the chance to sit in on a lot of classes about gardening in the lower desert. I learned a lot about organic fertilzers such as fish fertilizer being preferable in the lower deserts due to how alkaline (salty) the soil is here as this whole area was once under sea water, as hard as that is to believe. I learned a lot about growing roses, which kinds grow best and can handle the intense heat best, and which vegetables are worth a go here and which need to be coddled and babysat and are very high maintenance. It sounds like this program will teach you these basics for where you are and that's great! Gardening is so peaceful, too - it's very calming to me and a healthy way to take a breather from how fast life and society moves these days, and a way, in the middle of the sixth most populous city in the US (Phoenix really is that big now) to reconnect with nature. Have fun and learn all you can is what I say, congrats! Rob
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