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Cultivating a sensible food system in the face of Climate Change and COVID
Greetings readership! I hope you are well during these unprecedented times! Sorry it has taken me so long to post, life is exceptionally busy when the focus is on family and the land! Following is an article I wrote for … Continue reading
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Reflections on the 2018 growing season in Taos, New Mexico. Part 1.
It is becoming an annual tradition to reflect on the growing season in this blog. Writing this helps me close and reflect upon the season and prepare for the next one. I also hope that the documentation of this information … Continue reading
Reflections on the 2017 growing season
It can be said that the 2017 growing season actually started in the Fall of 2016 with the planting of garlic in late September, late October, and early November. This year we were able to prepare the soil and plant … Continue reading
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Dryland garden care and summer pruning workshop planned for August 1, 2017.
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Preparing the acequia garden soil
March is a good time to get the soil ready for planting and irrigating. We got this process going in early March and like to get started as soon as the soil can be worked. In years past, we have … Continue reading
Tree Care and Pruning Workshop in Taos – 3/20/2017
Taos, NM – March 10, 2017 – A Taos non-profit organization Agriculture Implementation Research & Education (AIRE) is coordinating a tree care event entitled “Fruit tree care and pruning 101: a hands-on workshop.” The workshop is a collaboration between AIRE, … Continue reading
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Rio Fernando starts flowing
Today I drove by the familiar bridge on Witt Rd and saw water coming down the river. It seems early for this to happen, remembering that early in my life the river would flow year round. The sight of water … Continue reading
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Reflections on the 2016 Growing Season
The growing season always begins with watchful hopes of snowpack in the mountains. Many snowfalls that are measured in inches in the Taos Valley are matched with snowfalls that are measured in feet in the high mountains. The last post … Continue reading
First snow of the season
Some time has passed since our last blog posting. It has been an incredibly busy season that prevented consistent blog posting over the summer. A reflection on the growing season will be forthcoming, but this snowstorm was inspirational in … Continue reading
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