The Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm, and Ranch Report

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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The last four years we experienced our first frost around October 10th. And it happened this time on Oct 7th with a solid 30 degrees in some fields. This ended the cucumber, basil, melon, summer squash season. We harvested as much as we could and stored it ...

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The autumn winds are coming, and the nights are getting cooler. Most plants are regrowing their leaves after the hail-storm and grasshoppers had done their damage. This means less energy goes into flower production which means less vegetables to harvest. Let's pray for an extension of ...

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The 2nd Annual Santa Cruz Valley Organic Farm and Garden Tour on Sunday was a great experience for everyone involved. Here at Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage we had about 20 walking tours of our gardens, eight hayrides, a few golf-cart tours, and about seven alternative ...

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It was fun at the Santa Cruz County Fair last weekend in Sonoita. Many of the participants in the educational food tent were inspired activists that had lots to share.  Managing a grassfed organic beef herd and pastures, dairy goat care and soap making, alpacas and their ...

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Spiritualution - Justice to the People Greetings CSA family and friends, On Monday afternoon we experienced a very powerful storm with hail, strong winds and intense rainfall for about an hour. Even though we have very much improved drainage in crucial areas, we had several fields and areas flooded. ...

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Spiritualution - Justice to the People Greetings CSA family and friends, We are gearing up for the next adventures of Avalon Gardens. The fall plantings are in full swing. New beds are being prepared and new machinery is being tested. Old methods of hand-digging are are also being ...

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Spiritualution - Justice to the People Greetings CSA family and friends, We hope you enjoy the bounty of summer. If you ever feel that you have too much of some vegetables, just slice them, blanch them for a minute or two, bag them up and put them in your freezer.  ...

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