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, Gardening on Jul 25th, 2009
FARM STAND MARFA NEWSLETTER JULY 25
THE SKY IS FALLING and THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN
High on the Marfa Plateau in the Chihuahuan Desert gardeners rarely find themselves working in wet gardens. But this week’s almost daily rains have transformed our vegetable plots and flowerbeds into dripping, humid habitats suited for mushrooms and orchids. So far [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening on Jul 18th, 2009
TREE DREAMERS
As a gardener I can’t imagine living in a tree. I like to feel the earth in my hands and under my feet. But when I hear of young activists living in trees to save forests from being cut down, I admire their outrage and the extreme form of their protest. I imagine them [...]
Posted in Food and Flowers, Uncategorized on Jul 11th, 2009
WILDFLOWER GARDENS REPLACE LAWNS
Have you ever dreamed of having a wildflower garden?
Here in Far West Texas most of us have scruffy yards of grasses, invasives and bare dirt crawling with ants. Walking around the yard in flip-flops is not any fun. These unfriendly dirt palettes just might make ideal canvases for a wildflower garden.
After consulting [...]
Posted in Farm Stand Marfa Newsletter, Gardening on Jul 4th, 2009
HOW TO BE INDEPENDENT
This weekend celebrate your independence by keeping it local. Saturday morning begins with a trip to the farmer’s markets. Take your own bags so you don’t have to ask your farmer for a plastic one. Enjoy eating breakfast at the market while you stroll through the tables, stopping to visit with your [...]
