Today we went to Parr Field and harvested our first batch of “green” beans, about 5.5 pounds. Many of the beans have already escaped our attention and were too mature to eat as green beans so we left them to … Continued
Here we are taking care of Sol Feliz’ newest field. Thanks to Chris Duran, left, and Kiko Pacheco, right. This milpa is doing better than all the other ones, I am thinking it is because this soil hasn’t been worked … Continued
This is the second miniature egg I come across in the nesting boxes. I think my youngest chickens are coming of age. These last baby eggs aren’t likely from the Aracaunas since they aren’t bluish, so they must be coming … Continued
Today the mud hit the ground on our horno project! First we chose the site, then leveled it out some. We put the adobe bricks in a square to test out the size and then moved them aside to put … Continued
Today we got together to harvest and dry some more pears from a local fruit tree near Sol Feliz Farm. While some of us were doing that, others of us were cleaning up the school grounds and identifying the area … Continued
Today we received a visit from 20 young people and their facilitators, namely Daniel Hutchinson of Localogy… This was part of the Sangre de Cristo Youth Summer Camp, an annual program that reminds me of what summers should be: lots … Continued
Today we got together to make some adobe bricks to construct an horno at Chrysalis High School. The horno is a mud oven that looks like one of those beehives you see in the cartoons. It is of Arabic origin … Continued
Yesterday we harvested apricots and dried them and we were going to do so again today until I mentioned that there were some pears offered to us down the street from Sol Feliz by our neighbor Anna. So our Sembradores … Continued
Here we are in our milpa that is now a dryland system. No irrigation for over a month and less than an inch of rain. Nevertheless, the corn and beans look pretty good, though some rain will really help! So … Continued
Today we also harvested about 5 gallons of apricots from a neighbors tree. We took them to the certified kitchen at chrysalis high school for piting, cleaning, and drying in a dehydrator. We filled nine racks in the dehydrator with … Continued