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
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.
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
This morning we received a visit from the UNM Taos Puente Program to Sol Feliz. Some of these Ecology students were able to learn about agriculture from me for the last four days since I was a substitute teacher for … Continued
Today we got the group together to check out the progress at Parr Field. Many crops are still emerging and we replanted some areas just to make use of the soil and hopefully harvest more sweet corn! The main thing … Continued
This morning we met at Parr Field to check on the milpa, prepared to plant some more sweet corn in the areas where no corn emerged. It is a big question as to why crops don’t emerge after planting: maybe … Continued
The crops at Parr Field are starting to come out. It has been a challenge to figure out the irrigation system but all seems to be well, the strong are surviving. Here you can see the representatives of our “three … Continued