Environmental Education

Environmental Education

Hi-Ho, Hi-Ho, it's back to school I go...Some of you might remember that, a year ago, I went back to school to complete my long awaited degree.  Yes, I have been taking classes and working towards a BA for over a decade now and the end is finally in sight!  I have to say, there have been months at a…
September 18, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!The past week has brought us all kinds of weather...clear and cold, cloudy and rainy, clear and warm...short sleeve days followed by two layers of long sleeves and then short sleeves again.  Welcome to fall in Santa Fe! The garden and chickens don't like it very much, but I'm used to it :-)The beans are almost completely dead,…
September 17, 2012
Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato

Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato

Last summer, I was given a couple of packets of heirloom tomato seeds by a friend/co-worker.  I couldn't think of a better gift!  One of those packets contained a few tiny Barnes Mountain Yellow Tomato seeds!  I had never before heard of such a thing, was super excited to try them out this spring and had no idea what to…
September 15, 2012
Winter Tomatoes, continued

Winter Tomatoes, continued

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned my hope/goal of growing some winter tomatoes throughout the cold months.  Well, here's the progress so far...On August 13th I took 3 cuttings from each cherry tomato (a bi-color cherry and a small sweet cherry), trimmed them of their bottom leaves and placed them in a 5 gallon bucket about 1/2 full with…
September 12, 2012
Harvest Monday

Harvest Monday

Happy Monday everyone!!!I didn't take many pictures this week (I was too busy taking pictures of our guests and the shenanigans that occurred with said guests ;-) ).  Luckily, the lack of pictures is not representative of what's actually coming in from the garden!While the tomato tally is lower this week than the past several, we are again harvesting Cherokee Purples and…
September 10, 2012