Upcoming Workshops

The garden is relishing the long-awaited monsoon rains

Things are flowing quite smoothly at the farm.  Plants and tenants are getting their fair share of water and our well capacity is for now sufficient.  The farm stand turns out to be a wonderful way to meet our neighbors and generate new ideas.  One of our customers is an accupuncturist and herbalist, and will be offering a salve/tincture-making workshop in August. Two new wwoofers are arriving in July, just in time to help with harvest and participate in the building of water-harvesting swales throughout the property.  Our kid-centered Wednesday afternoon is building momentum.  The kids will soon be creating their own garden.  Two gatherings took place at the farm recently.  The Heart and Soul group had a meeting and potluck dinner, and we hosted a 4th of July potluck lunch.  Our outdoor kitchen area turns out to be a great place to have such gatherings.  It will soon be equipped with a traditional earth oven.

Several workshops are being scheduled for August

• August 4 and 18 Horno building (traditional wood-fired bread (and pizza!) oven with Paul Navrot   On donation

• August 4 and 18    Medicinal salves and tinctures with Kelly Frith    Sliding scale  $15-30 for both weekends

• Date TBD   Water harvesting with permaculture designer Tom Watson

Please keep an eye on our CALENDAR for workshop dates and times 

FARM STAND
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
7:00am-11:00am

VOLUNTEER DAYS  

Monday 
7:00am-11:00am  (Come at 7:30am for a free 30 min. Qigong class led by Dominique)
Wednesday
7:00am-11:00am
5:00pm-7:00pm (kid-centered afternoon with gardening, art-making and puppet theater)
Friday
7:00am-11:00am

Community Meeting and Potluck Dinner
FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH
6:00pm-7:30PM
August 6, Sept. 3, Oct 1, Nov.5  Dec.3

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FOURTH of JULY POTLUCK 1:00 PM

"If the success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do; how would I be, what would I do?" - Buckminster Fuller

Bring kids, chairs, plates and utensils.  
Fresh garden greens and grill provided

2255 Paseo de Los Chamisos  (near SF High School)    Directions

Please park your vehicle on the street

Our FARM STAND is now open 7:00-11:00am on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Freshest produce in town, best service, great prices!

Qigong, Farm Stand and Community Meeting

Dominique offers a free 30 min. session of Qigong every Monday at 7:30am

















Our FARM STAND will open Monday July 2nd,  7:00-11:00am.  We'll have chard, kale, romaine lettuce and apricots

Our monthly COMMUNITY METING/Potluck Dinner is Monday July 2nd, 6:00-7:30pm.  Come help create the next steps of the farm
  

John and Dominique planting perennial flowers.  Richard in the back, spraying Diatomaceous earth

on plants to fend off flea beettles

The waffle garden has been planted with a variety of summer and winter squash, corn and pole beans.

The first squash (Baby Blue Hubbard) sprouting

The first corn seedling...

Larry, Nick, Ricky and Richard finished sheet-mulching the last 2 fields

The last of the chard and chile peppers leaving the greenhouse,

which is now empty.

A new garden has been created in the area above the hoophouses

The waffle garden was expanded by Dominique and Galen, and is now comprised of 80 holes  (120 squash, 160 corn and 160 beans)

The last of our tomatoes being transplanted (by Dutton and Cameron) in one gallon pots to sell at our farm stand or give as gifts

Our new vegetable washing station

 

 


Peewee, the baby finch, rescued and fed by Dominique for two days before returning to finch heaven

The Heart and Soul potluck dinner at the farm last night

 

The garden looks beautiful and the dryness has been fostering a lot of insect activity....  Flea beetles and another type of fruit fly-type have been chomping on radish and mustard greens, as well as cauliflower.

After staying with us for 5 weeks, wwoofer Ariel is returning to Maine.  Thank you Ariel for all the hard work!  A new wwoofer (Dutton) has arrived and our friend Kat will be camping at the farm this summer to learn about gardening.

A group of young folks, formerly students at Monte del Sol School, have been voluntering at the farm and are writing an article about Gaia Gardens for the Generation Next section of the New Mexican newspaper.

NEW SCHEDULE!

Farm Stand (opening Monday July 2)

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY,  FRIDAY

7:00-11:00am 

Come get your vegetables at the farm, picked that morning with love.

Bring you kid(s) for a tour of the garden and a little grazing...

Farm stand is located in the garden and accessible from the bike path.  

20% discount for people walking or biking.

Summer Volunteer Days

MONDAY   

9:00am-11:00am

(Come at 7:30am for a free 30 min. Qigong class led by Dominique)

WEDNESDAY    

9:00am-11:00am

5:00pm-7:00pm 

(kid-centered afternoon with art-making and puppet theater)

FRIDAY

9:00am-11:00am

Community Meeting and Potluck Dinner

FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH      

6:00pm-7:30PM

July 2, August 6, Sept. 3

NOTE: Please, park your vehicle on the street

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Qigong, Bunnies and Radishes

With Spring time comes many forms of lives.  One of four baby bunnies discovered in the garden and given away for adoption on Craigslist.

Much has been accomplished in the past couple weeks....

The center of the vegetable garden and the front of the property have been planted with perennial flowers thanks to a donation from Payne's Nurseries.

Carrot and radish beds were thinned (come get your radishes!)

The last of the chard and kale seedlings were transplanted  (Richard and James at work)

Potatoes were mounded (Dominique and Ariel)

300 basil plants went into beds (Dominique)

James transplanting Chimayo peppers  (donated by Payne's Nurserie)

A new patch was created with trellisses for Lemon Cucumbers and 4 varieties of tomato (Beefsteak, Early Russian, Peron Sprayless and Red Cherries)

Many efforts went into building a large Three Sisters waffle garden.  60 holes were dug (18" diameter by 18" depth) and filled with aged steer manure and compost.  We opted for Renee's Garden design

Several varieties of summer and winter squash were planted along with native corn.  Pole beans will be planted as soon as the corn stalks are big enough.

 A recent compost donation (tomato, strawberries and corn) from the Food Depot was spread over one of the fields that will soon be mulched. 

The last of the tomatoes were put into beds.  We now have 300 tomato plants in the garden.

Two more beds need to be planted  (peppers and chard) and the garden will be finished!

Scarlet Runner Beans on the fence

One of the chard beds

Romaine lettuce in one of the hoop house

Socks flags create by Dominique will soon be adorning the property fence

This week, we'll be building our farm stand at the entrance of the garden.  On July 2, we'll start selling vegetables on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 7:00-11:00am.  We'll also have our volunteer time on those same days from 9:00-11:00am with a Qigong class offered by Dominique on Mondays at 8:30am.

The garden looks beautiful.  Rabbits have been chomping on our bush beans, Flea Beetles have been chomping on radish greens and arugula... but there's plenty for everyone!

Our water situation is holding out so far.  Hopefully rains will be here soon...  We are still planning to raise money for a new well in order to expand the garden area in the future.

NEW SCHEDULE

FARM STAND  (Effective July 2) 

Monday, Wednesday and Friday

7:00am-11:00am 

Come get your vegetables at the farm, picked that morning with love.

Bring you kid(s) for a tour of the garden and a little grazing...

Farm stand is located in the garden and accessible from the bike path.  (if you are riding downtown, farm is on your right after you cross Yucca.  Look for colorful signs and wind socks)

20% discount for people walking or biking.

VOLUNTEER DAYS

Monday   

9:00am-11:00am

(Come at 8:30am for a free 20 min. Qigong class led by Dominique)

Wednesday    

9:00am-11:00am

5:00pm-7:00pm 

(kid-centered afternoon with art-making and puppet theater)

Friday

9:00am-11:00am

COMMUNITY MEETING and POTLUCK DINNER

First Monday of the Month    

6:00pm-7:30PM

July 2, August 6, Sept. 3

NOTE: Please, park your vehicle on the street.

Sign-up on the right of blog (Follow this Blog by Email) to receive announcements posted on this blog.

  If you wish to support this project, you can make a tax-deductible donation here.   See our Wish List