Unlike yesterday’s workshop on cultivating weeds in the garlic patch, today’s effort was a walk in the park! The weeds at Parr Field are so small that weeding them is easy to the point where a stir-up hoe is all … Continued
We are in the third year of implementing a school garden at Parr Field. For the last two years, we had collaborators who were responsible for setting up the drip irrigation system and utilizing the greenhouse. This year we don’t … Continued
The other day we were making some preparations at Parr Field and here comes Judi Cantu to talk shop through the fence on her way to Town Hall. Judi Cantu was just elected to the Town of Taos City Council … Continued
It is awesome when it rains almost immediately after the fields are planted. This is exactly what has happened to us at Parr Field in two of our three years. As we were approaching the afternoon on Thursday, we actually … 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
Today we made an opportunity to collaborate with the GRIP gang prevention program to inspire youth into positive activities and relationships around agriculture. To make our presentation more interesting and relevant to these 5th graders of Ranchos Elementary School, we … Continued
Today we received some more technical assistance from Taos Soil and Water Conservation District. As in previous posts, TSWCD helped us upgrade our main headgate and another diversion structure. Now we are looking at a problematic area on our Acequia … Continued
Today we begin cleaning our Acequia Madre del Sur del Río de Don Fernando de Taos. This acequia has been in existence for over 200 years and is probably going through the most challenging time of its life around now … Continued
This is the second year we take the Math/Science classes from Chrysalis to the neighboring Río Don Fernando de Taos to learn how to calculate CFS (cubic feet per second). We keep a notebook that has the results of our … Continued
Today I was happy to inspect some work done on our headgates from another project completed with the help of Taos Soil and Water Conservation District and contractor Monty McCarty. I am thankful to our past Commission for getting the … Continued