Eat locally, seasonally produced food. Buy direct from the farmers and the makers. Grow your own, make your own. Start a farmers' market today.
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on May 31st, 2008
The largest drawing ever made of a bird is of our smallest one, the hummingbird. Over 2000 years ago the Nazca line drawings on the dry western side of the species-rich Andes in Peru were constructed by removing the iron-dark gravel from the surface and exposing the light-colored material underneath.
The image of the hummingbird is [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening on May 24th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER MAY 24TH
PLANTS FOR A WILDLIFE GARDEN
by SANDRA HARPER
Sprawl, development, industrial agriculture, and pesticides- the causes of habitat and wildlife destruction seem like another crushing crisis that keeps us feeling helpless. Besides buying pesticide-free produce at the farmers’ market, we can address this issue in our yards, our parks and community gardens.
The [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on May 17th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER MAY 17
BIRD QUIZ FOR THE TRANS PECOS REGION
By Sandra Harper with Suzanne Dungan
1. Which one of these birds did not arrive the second week in May of this year to feast on cherries and mulberries?
(A) Orchard Oriole (B) Western Tanager (C) Wilson’s Warbler
2. A bird nesting in the cottonwood groves [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Food and Flowers, Gardening on May 10th, 2008
Peach-like, pineapple-colored, purple, nearing to black, golden, vermilion, cherry-red and hues of green; round, pear-shaped, striped, smooth; small as pearls and as large as grapefruits, tomatoes make our mouths water and our hearts beat faster.
It’s time to plant them.
Plant heirloom tomatoes. These seeds have been saved and passed down for generations. Preserving genetic diversity in [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter on May 4th, 2008
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER MAY 3RD
TAKE THE WHOLE FAMILY TO MARFA WEEKBy Sandra Harper “Take the Whole Family to Marfa Texas,” “Win a date with John Chamberlain,” “See Donald Judd’s Bed!” teases John Waters with his circus-like broadside series printed in 2003 after a visit to the West Texas destination art town. “It’s a L-O-O-Ong [...]
