Tag Archives: greenhouse

Constructing a miniature greenhouse

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Miguel

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 … Continue reading →

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Grow Dome growing season “ends”

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Miguel

We like to call the Grow Dome a “greenhouse on steroids.”  It has insulated glazing, air circulation under the outer garden beds to moderate the temperature, a 900 gallon water tank to also moderate the internal temperatures, and solar panel-driven … Continue reading →

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Covering the greenhouse at Parr Field

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Miguel

The weather has eased from summer nights to autumn morning chills…  Since we have some crops that might not appreciate the drop in temperatures (such as our melons, chiles, cucumbers, and tomatoes), we are covering our greenhouse frame with plastic … Continue reading →

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Activity at Parr Field

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Miguel

Today we gathered at Parr Field to do some transplanting of some lettuce (above).  We hope this lettuce will be ready for harvest after the students come back to school and hopefully as part of our chicos making workshop coming … Continue reading →

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AIRE collaborates with Taos Academy

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Miguel

Today we made a visit to the Taos Charter Academy (TCA) to share some of our aquatic plants so their water system could be cleaned and benefit from the plants like ours has.  We conversed at length about how we … Continue reading →

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