by Tracy Bogard | May 14, 2023 | Experiences, Information
Meg Buerkel Hunn, Advisory Council Chair: “Marveling at How Nature Works Together” In the 1980s, after years of planning, 8 adults sealed themselves into a giant terrarium in Oracle, Arizona. It was a grand experiment intended to learn what might be...
by Tracy Bogard | Jan 15, 2023 | Experiences, Information
Meg Buerkel Hunn, Advisory Council Chair Happy New Year! I am not sure whether it’s getting older or the pandemic, but these past few years have really become jumbled for me; both extraordinarily extended and surprisingly short. But there is one constant: right...
by Tracy Bogard | Oct 24, 2022 | Experiences, Information
Down and Dirty with Rachel What is your favorite season and why? If you are like most people, your answer to the second part of this question will be about the weather, an aesthetic aspect of the season, and/or an activity that the season brings with it. When I asked...
by Tracy Bogard | Sep 17, 2022 | Experiences, Information
Down and Dirty with Rachel Whenever I tell people I moved here from Arkansas, I almost invariably get a response along the lines of “That’s a big change”. Yes and no. The sun is undoubtedly stronger, and it is drier here. Chile is king. I feel weird walking through...
by Tracy Bogard | Mar 17, 2021 | Experiences, Information
We Can Farm in Corrales Photo: Wagner – NM Digital .unm.edu “We Can Farm in Corrales…It’s Not the Moon, You Know!” The history of agriculture in New Mexico dates back 12,000 years. Based on artifacts discovered, the earliest recorded people, the Mogollon, grew...
by scmgadmin | Apr 19, 2019 | Experiences
Vertical Farming by Carol Dimeff Sandoval County Master Gardeners toured Sananbio, Inc. in Albuquerque, doing R&D on new cultivars of lettuce. Plants are incubated from seed, then grown hydroponically under trademark LED lights, 30 cm. from light-to-bed....
