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jjjankovsky · 10-11-2010, 05:37 PM

hey beth...good to see your posts

in my area of mexico, the cane producers are up a bit in altitude, but in a rain shadow...

looks like processing is an issue without a good grinder...maybe one of those 8hp units found up north to grind yard waste...

bottom line, it's sugar, if you use it...my grandfolk lived out on the plains in colorado where the lowly sugar beet was the plant of choice, and i've never heard anyone interested in growing that plant instead of buying a bag of sugar at the store,,,

but, if one considers the archetectural qualities of a 12 foot grass in the garden (think background), sugar cane is a great grass...a nice background to augment those 6' fences that cities limit the gardens to...

all ornamental grases require yearly work...and sometimes very sharp ground tools and maybe a big maul to cut the old plant pad...but what the heck, grasses are some way cool gardening...

on the other side beth...everything settled down down there?

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