Amy, Ezra, Steve, Kari, Ray, Willa, Katy, Tom, Kelly, & Don all helped get the main garden ready Monday, April 27th.
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28Apr
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22Mar
Two weeks later than planned, we are putting onion and leek starts in prepared beds at Be’s. When spring comes early and suddenly it is hard to keep up with it and with the huge amount of preparation that goes into each season. Yet we are aiming for a big first harvest in July and even greater diversity each week throughout the season.
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10Nov
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Manure, many tons of it. I just completed all that the tractor can help with. Another 1,000 square feet of ground are ready up on Canoncito, the main garden is ready with manure and winter rye planted, a new spot on Pine has it’s manure, Pam’s place is growing garlic (as well as Amy’s place and my place: over 1,000 cloves planted including Georgian Fire, Music Pink (both porcelain) and Kilarney Red (rocambole). Still to do, some soil prep on Green.
Anyone interested in an internship in organic gardening next summer? We may well have a paid position available. More on this in mid-winter.
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08Sep
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This is peak tomato season, the time of a garden that sticks in our memories and motivates us to plan the next season. We are so happy to have our families working along side us (and riding on our backs) as we develop a new local food system for our small town.
Andy and his son James are harvesting chard early in the morning.
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30Jun
Thanks, members, for checking in with our website. Here is the plan for pickup:
Starting July 12th and for 11 more Saturdays thereafter we would like you to pick up your shares of the harvest between 9am and 10am at the Work in Beauty House, 113 E Logan Ave, Gallup. This is on the northwest corner of Puerco and Logan. Signs on the property will tell you where to find us and your vegetables. If you need to come later in the day we will leave your share there for you to pick up with instructions about how much to take of each variety and with bags for you to fill.
If you need any special care when it comes to picking up let’s talk about it. Feel free to call Steve 722-6842.
We are eyeing up the following varieties for harvest that week: broccoli, chard, mustard, collards, beets, onions, garlic, flat-leaf parsley, new potatoes, romaine lettuce and basil. Anyone have any recipes to share? If so please post them as comments to this posting. Thanks!
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23Jun
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Although I hesitate to say the “M” word (monsoons), this sure felt like a late July evening with the brief and booming storm.
The garlic was harvested last night and is curing in the drying shed. We are harvesting big bunches of thinnings from the lettuces, cilantro and mustards. We are seeing little or no flea beetle or aphid damage at this point, though the potato beetles have been at it on the tomatoes. Things are looking very good at this time. Some think its the rainwater we’ve stored and used extensively, others would say its the serious work and planning that went into this season. I’d say there are more factors than can be named here leading to what looks like an abundant garden.
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24May
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Yes, 2 inches of snow fell May 22nd and accumulated. I’m thinking it was the kelp meal in the potting mix that kept these peppers alive through the night.
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18May
These two photos show the difference a month can make. We started preparing the garden over a month ago in miserable weather. Now here we are enjoying a lovely afternoon of planting this weekend. We take our role as your provider of good local food very seriously!
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06May
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This past weekend growers planted broccoli, cabbage, and brussels sprouts starts under light row covers. The garlic you see surrounds cabbage plants and supports the row cover nicely while confusing threatening flea beetles. Elsewhere wire hoops are holding the cover above the crop. Thanks to Pam Bell and Audrey Schurman for the much needed extra garden space. Looks comfy, doesn’t it?
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17Apr
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Here are those winter lettuce and spinach we planted last fall. It was much colder longer this year than other winters, so the harvest was later than I imagined, but here it is, a harvest of spring salad fixings. Soon we will have a big spring bed shaping and planting day- a good time for you 2008 share holders to come down for your bonus spring spinach! We’ll keep you posted.
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