Here are some of the potatoes we harvested today:blues, golds, and reds. We planted about 4 pounds of potatoes and yielded just over 12. I guess this is pretty good given the lack of water this year. I did finally … Continued
Since we live close to the mountains and to a river, we often get accounts of wildlife in the area, either firsthand or through neighborly accounts. This morning we noticed this bear scat on our road, s/he was likely going … Continued
One of our most exciting implementation projects is this rock garden complete with cobble and sand mulch to retain moisture. This garden was watered once with a sprinkler to aid in seed germination and then left to Nature. As you … Continued
Today we got around to some harvesting of our dry peas and fava beans. These kinds of crops, if not picked fresh for sweet peas or green beans, are best left until the very end of their life cycle to … Continued
I would say capulín is an iconic food of northern New Mexico. It is native to the Americas, I hear the ones in Mexico have fruit berries that grow several times larger than ours. About half of the berry is … Continued
Here we are taking care of Sol Feliz’ newest field. Thanks to Chris Duran, left, and Kiko Pacheco, right. This milpa is doing better than all the other ones, I am thinking it is because this soil hasn’t been worked … Continued
This is the second miniature egg I come across in the nesting boxes. I think my youngest chickens are coming of age. These last baby eggs aren’t likely from the Aracaunas since they aren’t bluish, so they must be coming … Continued
Today we received a visit from 20 young people and their facilitators, namely Daniel Hutchinson of Localogy… This was part of the Sangre de Cristo Youth Summer Camp, an annual program that reminds me of what summers should be: lots … 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
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