The Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch Report

The greens are coming in. With the help of  a little sunshine the last few weeks and some adjusted growing methods we have caught up and are able to harvest a bigger variety of greens again. Every week we will introduce some new varieties when we can. ...

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In the articles listed below you'll find encouraging ideas and real facts. Growing vegetables in the middle of winter, where temperatures last week reach 75 degrees with clear skies and sunshine during the day and 18 degrees in the early morning hours, requires lots of adjusting ...

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It is a New Year 2012 and a new season with new ideas, ideals, hopes, visions, many surprises and opportunities. We are planning to grow more variety this year, and many different kinds of vegetables. The supermarkets and even health food stores don't give you much variety.  ...

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It's Christmas weekend and it's the time to prepare a meal and invite family and friends to share it. We hope you enjoy some of the organically grown vegetables that you are receiving this week. For those who usually pick up in Tubac on Saturdays, we are ...

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What a wonderful rain in the desert- all day long on Tuesday and lots the day before. After a frosty week that slowed all plant growth down, this energy charged water on the plants and deep into the ground is the best medicine and should revitalize them. ...

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Ten degrees in the morning in the middle of December is quite a surprise; Tuesday morning all of the gardens had a white frozen blanket to show. The previous morning we had 15 degrees and decided to harvest the last green tomatoes in our non-heated greenhouse. All ...

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With Thanksgiving feasts and much appreciation of each other we reflect on another rich year of harvests. As we travelled many miles to many events to share the bounty, we've seen people of all walks of life asking good questions. How do we grow in the desert? ...

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It's Thanksgiving weekend and some of you will have more than one feast with your family and friends. We want to thank you for your support as CSA members and spreading the word of local organic agriculture. Some of you became friends at the events and Farmer's ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, In the last few weeks we have been participating at various Farmer's Markets for a variety of events. We brought our bountiful harvest of winter squashes. We counted over 20 varieties this year. It's fun to know and share the history of them. ...

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Greetings CSA family and friends, Last weekend was fun at the Fresh Fest in Nogales.  We saw many new people and reconnected with many. There are lots of food activists in Santa Cruz County which is a blessing to get new events started. This Saturday we will be at ...

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