The Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch Report

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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Greetings CSA family and friends, Come see us at the Fresh Fest in Nogales this weekend. We are also a co-sponsor of this event through our membership with Somos La Semilla.  We will bring what we have an abundance of. This is a very exciting event for Nogales. ...

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Spiritualution - Justice to the People Greetings CSA family and friends, It was exciting to participate last Thursday at the Santa Cruz River Farmer's Market in Tucson at the new location at Mercado de Augustin on Congress just west of I-10. We had a surplus of winter squash, pumpkins, ...

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Spiritualution - Justice to the People Greetings CSA family and friends, Last weekend at the Tucson Meet Yourself Festival, we were able to reconnect and make contact with so many that appreciate fresh and local foods.  However, it would have been better if the site chosen for heritage foods ...

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