For small plot intensive growers, powerful small scale equipment like this Grillo walk-behind tractor can be an asset. Now the NRCS has such a machine and it’s rotary plow attachment available for your use to work the soil on your plot of land. This rotary plow can cut into hardpan and build a fluffy [...]
How is manure used? What is compost? How does organic farming differ from conventional farming in the use of manure? Is there a connection between E. coli and manure? The Organic Trade Association answers a number of questions consumers may have about the use of manure in growing healthy, organic produce in this online [...]
Our spring workshop series has concluded, but now the real work begins for many vegetable growers in McKinley County. Many thanks to those who taught the workshops, attended them, and catered them! This past Saturday's workshop was led by Tom Kaczmarek, a tour of season-extending hoop houses at the WIB House, Rehoboth, and the [...]
Drip Irrigation, Crop Rotation, & Succession Planting: These are foundational techniques for serious veggie growing. Amy Halliday and Steve Heil have lots of material to share in this short workshop, with many examples and exercises to apply to your own garden. A light lunch will be provided by Crumby Bread Co. (Josh and Jake).
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Keep it close.
At our April Open Meeting last week, we heard from a farmer preparing to expand production on his and his wife's ten acres downstream from Wheatfield Lake, just west of the Chuska Mountains. The reservoir's irrigation system there recently has been updated, providing reliable water to Navajo farmers on hundreds of [...]
Missed the Spring Season? You still can buy local!
The 25 full shares available for spring already are sold, but we invite everyone to check out our new online farmers’ market. Right now there is bread, lotion, and kefir, all made locally.
No produce, you ask? Not yet, but each week the market will grow [...]
Spring Season Sold Out!
We planned for 25 full shares for spring, and we’ve sold them already, three weeks before the season begins. That’s thanks to returning customers and the good word they spread about this system among their friends! CSA members share the hope of a new season, and this gives our growers even [...]
Get them while they’re cool!
Only six full shares remain for our Spring Season CSA opening Tuesday, April 17, so get your full or half share today. Order by mail order or online. For more info on ordering visit www.workinbeauty.org.
“Get Growing” Workshops
We’ve scheduled three spring workshops to help growers get serious about producing [...]
Come to Our Meeting
You’re invited to an open meeting on Tuesday, March 20 at 7 PM at the Work in Beauty House at 113 E. Logan Ave. Meet the WIB board members and our coordinator, Amy Halliday. We hope some of our growers will be there, too. At the meeting, we’ll talk about the [...]
We are pleased to share the news that Work in Beauty has received a grant from the McCune Charitable Foundation to provide education, train growers, and improve the demonstration site at the Work in Beauty House, 113 E. Logan Ave. In upcoming newsletters, look for information about workshops on drip irrigation, [...]
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