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Tag Archives: seeds
Seeds for Spring
We have two main sources for our seeds: American Meadows and Native Seeds. Both offer non-GMO seeds and native seeds provides heirloom seeds. Thanks to all of the donors to our campaigns for funding our planting efforts. The photo above … Continue reading
Posted in Campaings
Tagged bees, butterflies, irrigation, seeds, water, well, windmill
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Do-It Yourself Herb Garden with Used Pallets
Last year we noticed two different things. 1) The adobes kept our plants warm way into January. 2) Our wood whiskey barrel planters retained water much better than any other planters. With this in mind we created a garden bed … Continue reading
Posted in Life in New Mexico, research
Tagged adobe, garden, herb garden, herbs, pallet gardens, pallet planter, seeds, wood
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High Altitude Gardening
We started the compost pile last year with red wiggler (worms) to help it along. It took a couple of tries—the worms dried out or got cold in conventional compost bins. Eventually, we found that a compost bin made of … Continue reading
