Pulling weeds at Parr Field
Today we went to Parr field to pull weeds. Most of the weeds were actually Lambsquarters and are edible, but unfortunately we did not have the capacity today to process these food sources.
Harvesting garlic at Sol Feliz
Yesterday and today ( Y & T, remember that band?), we harvested the rest of the garlic as it is time. We can tell because the scapes are mostly standing straight up and the seed heads are formed. For those … Continued
Water harvesting at Sol Feliz
In hopes and anticipation of rain, I got to working on our water harvesting system at Sol Feliz. The important thing about water harvesting is that the system has to be ready to deliver water somewhere away from the structure … Continued
First garlic harvested at Sol Feliz
Today I got the urge to dig out some garlic, even though it may be early in some respects, I got to feeling I should spread out my time harvesting while securing an early as well as a later harvest. … Continued
Construction of center bed and trellis in the Grow Dome
Today we finally got to finishing up some important projects in the Grow Dome. For one, we built trellises and want to encourage our gourd and squash plants to grow up instead of out and about. We will build little … Continued
UNM-Taos Natural Science class visit
Today we were visited by Mrs. Elder’s Natural Science class that she teaches out of UNM-Taos. The group came out to Sol Feliz last week to see what we do with acequias and seeds and today they continued in their … Continued
UNM Sustainability Studies NM Foodshed class visits Sol Feliz
And wouldn’t you know that we were so engaged in the experience that we forgot to take a group photo!? So here is a photo of the group visiting another farm in the area. We had about 13 students and … Continued