by scmgadmin | Dec 30, 2014 | NMSU
Extension Service Helps Inmates In the photo above, University Cooperative Extension Service agricultural agent Del Jimenez, center, shows New Mexico prison inmates how to plant a variety of winter greens. Jimenez taught 13 inmates at the Penitentiary of New Mexico in...
by scmgadmin | Nov 24, 2014 | Growing Tips
Sheet Composting Worth the Effort By John Zarola The property I purchased in Rio Rancho three years ago had never had a vegetable garden bed. The soil is 90 percent sand with little organic matter in it. Sandy soil allows water and nutrients to drain down away from...
by scmgadmin | Nov 24, 2014 | Growing Tips
Winter Tree Care Winter Watering, Pruning, and Landscape Assessment by Sandy Liakus, SCMG Working in your garden in the winter is a perfect time to assess your need for spring and summer landscape plantings. If your garden appears lackluster at this time, research...
by scmgadmin | Oct 3, 2014 | Projects
Fall Colors in the RIo Rancho WaterWise Demonstration Garden Fall is a great time to visit the Rio Rancho WaterWise Demonstration Garden. Not only is it a place to take a a stroll through one of our beautiful parks, it is truly a working demonstration garden,...
by scmgadmin | Aug 23, 2014 | Plant Pests
Pine Beetle Alert – Rapid Deline of Native Pines Sounds like I need to give my ‘Bark Beetle Talk.’ I just did that for the Little Bear Coalition in Ruidoso the first of this month. People in Ruidoso-Cloudcroft, Mountainair, the Sangre de Cristos in general,...
