An exciting part of the summer is hosting groups from all over to learn about what we do and how we look at the history, status, and future of our place on Earth from a northern New Mexico perspective. Today … Continued
Much activity has taken place in the Grow Dome. We have transplanted 10 different varieties of tomatoes in the outside beds of the Dome. We have seedling starts of many kinds of flowers, vegetables, and other crops like chile, melons, … 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
AIRE’s programs are successful because of the interest and help of our students. Today we are proud to see some of our strongest youth participants close a chapter of their lives and begin another one. As today is the day … 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