Today we had another day of visits by Enos Garcia Elementary to help finish plant the field. We had another 100-150 students out today and were also able to give them seed packets for our photo contest. We finished planting … Continued
Here is a close-up shot of our hiller/furrower attachment in action. I have to give thanks to a Santa Fe based donation group called “Bread for the Journey” for providing this piece of equipment years ago. They also provided the … Continued
This is a miniature greenhouse that was left partially completed last year as we ran out of funds and time to get it completed then. So we purchased some brackets and used some existing pipes to complete the structure. The … Continued
Today was a big planting day! When it was all said and done, we planted about half of the field with about 150 students. We were able to give out as many seed packets for our 2nd annual photo contest. … Continued
Today we work on the third and final growing “bed” of the Parr Field Garden Project. I say “bed” because I am “rows” type of farmer. I have read criticisms of the row method in favor of raised beds but … Continued
After today we are ready to plant the main part of the school garden, our milpa. You can see the rows look real nice. We use a hiller/furrower attachment on the back of the tiller to make our rows straight … Continued
Garden soil preparations are easy, they just take time and effort. I would call it art more than I would call it work. We come upon the field as an unruly, unkempt piece of land and begin the process of … Continued
Thursdays are typically field trip days for Chrysalis Alternative School so today we put the ‘field’ in our field trip by going to Parr Field and making some progress on the soil preparations for next week’s planting activities. In an … Continued