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| Our main propagation house where plants get started in January |
Time flies! We've been so busy this year that posting on this blog has taken a back seat...
After resting for a couple weeks over the Christmas Holidays, we started seeding greens, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants on January 20th. Around 13,000 plants were started this year, religiously following the Biodynamic Calendar. Half of them got planted at the farm, the rest have been sold at the Farmers Market or planted at the school gardens that we manage.
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| The crew that helped stretched the greenhouse plastic |
A new greenhouse was built in February to accommodate our increased production. 1,500 tomato plants were nurtured in the new greenhouse between March and June, and we're happy to report that we sold them all!
Winter is when we make Barrel Compost, a Biodynamic soil amendment invented by Maria Thun.
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| Mixing fresh cow poop with egg shells, basalt and Biodynamic preps |
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| The barrel where mixture gets buried for 6 months |
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| Dominique rototilling the winter rye/hairy vetch cover crop |
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| Creating a new perennial flower and herb garden in front of our farm stand |
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| Harvesting greens at the Monte del Sol Charter School garden |
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| Dominique and Rachel repairing the Horno |
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| Dominique and Marlene transplanting young seedlings |
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| Nanda and Rachel unloading horse compost |
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| At the Master Gardeners Fair in May |
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| Our double booth at the Santa Fe Farmers' Market on Saturdays |
This season, we've increased our plant production and have been selling a record number of plant starts to discriminate gardeners. It is part of our strategy to maintain a year-round presence at the Farmers Market. The sale of plant starts accounts for 40% of our revenues.
Our First-Monday-of-the-Month Community Potlucks continue to be well attended. Next potluck is Monday July 6 @ 6:00pm
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| Volunteers preparing one of our tomato beds |
Our 91 Toyota truck is now equipped with a rack over the hood to carry all our goods to the Farmers Market. Thank you Steve from Dulfer Metal for the great addition to our farm truck!
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| Judy, Audrey, Dominique and Kim preparing a second tomato bed |
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| Seed balls making party |
We just finished harvesting our garlic and it is selling fast! You can order yours now for $10/lb. We also have garlic braids ranging from $17-$25.
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| Poki and Dominique practicing Qigong! |
Property purchase update
To date we've raised $26,000 in donations, have another $80,000 pledged by two Foundations, and we are willing to match this with our own savings to purchase the property. We anticipate that the bank will want a minimum of $350,000. A real estate attorney is helping us and the property owner find the best possible strategy for making an offer to bank before the property goes into foreclosure.
We've been approached by, and have had several conversations with a group interested in starting a private elementary school that would use the farm as its classroom. The idea of having an alternative school at the farm is very attractive to us.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Plant Sale
Sunday July 12
11:00am-1:00pm
Basket Weaving Workshop
Sunday July 12
1:00-3:00pm
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