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
This morning we met at Parr field to pull more weeds. Again, many of the weeds were purslane, or verdolagas, and could’ve been harvested for food. So we left a lot of them there for harvest in the next few … Continued
Here are the peas, or alberjon, forming and flowering. These plants suffered some as they were planted later than usual and did not get sufficient water at the beginning. Nevertheless, they are producing nicely to where we will get a … Continued
Here is a nice representative picture of our milpa with the squash in center stage. You can see the beans on the left and the corn behind and on the right. The squash are flowing and the plants are huge! … Continued
Today we went to the Farmers’ Market for kids day. There was face painting, puppets, and circus activities as well as story telling. Our part was to do a seed sorting activity with the kids and give a tour of … Continued
I got a phone call yesterday asking if we had some space for some more starter plants including tomatoes, lettuce, and broccoli. I replied in the affirmative and thanks to Bob Pederson of Tierra Lucero and Micah Roseberry, we showed … Continued
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.