by scmgadmin | Feb 13, 2022 | Information
Beyond the Garden Wall Why The Tomato Was Feared In Europe for More Than 200 Years In the late 1700s, a large percentage of Europeans feared the tomato. A nickname for the fruit was the “poison apple” because it was thought that aristocrats got sick and died after...
by scmgadmin | Jan 20, 2022 | Garden2Table, Information
Garden2Table – GARDEN2TABLE January 2022 By Cassandra D’Antonio (2012), Chair A little less than two years ago, the SEMG Garden2Table Outreach Committee was gearing up for a busy year. We had a wonderful group of eager volunteers who had attended training and...
by scmgadmin | Jan 19, 2022 | Food, Growing Tips, Information
Returning the ‘Three Sisters’—Corn, Beans and Squash—to Native American Farms Nourishes People, Land and Cultures For centuries Native Americans intercropped corn, beans and squash because the plants thrived together. A new initiative is measuring health and social...
by scmgadmin | Jan 18, 2022 | Information, Projects
Bosque Burn Scar Replanting Project By John Thompson – SEMG 2018 A pilot project to replant a burned area of the Corrales Bosque was recently completed by Sandoval Extension Master Gardeners along with support from the Corrales Fire Department and volunteers from NM...
by scmgadmin | Dec 22, 2021 | Food, Information, Plant Pests, Seeds
In New Mexico, Money Grows on Trees Excerpted from EATER NEWS – 6 December – Author – Karen Fischer Outside of Gallup NM, along Highway 602, is what is locally known as the Checkerboard. Parcels of land in the Checkerboard are, as the name might imply, mixed —...
by scmgadmin | Nov 25, 2021 | Information
Garden2Table – All Things Potatoes By Cassandra D’Antonio (2012), Chair One of the many benefits of writing this column each month is learning something new about things I thought I already knew all about. This month, I discovered that potatoes are a lot more...
