Adapting to the High Plateau
by Sid Gillson, local Master Gardener Home gardens in the New Mexico high plateau near Gallup can be difficult for new gardeners from other areas. Most of the gardening advice from seed catalogs, and...
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By Sid Gillson, local Master Gardener In the Gallup high plateau area, May is the time to finally plan and prepare for our home gardens. (If you would like to view a Gallup garden in August check out...
View ArticlePerseverance Tips for the Gallup Grower
Gardening on the High Plateau by Sid Gillson, local Master Gardener June is here. Are we finally ready to plant our family garden? In the middle of May as I sit down to write about gardening, it is...
View ArticleThe Farmers’ Market Season has Arrived!
by Kevin Buggie The spring winds have finally calmed down here on the high desert plateau and I’m sure we’re all looking forward to the cooler monsoon season with those billowy-white storm clouds that...
View ArticleGardening – August 2011
Gardening on the High Plateau: Maintaining the Growing Garden by Sid Gillson How is your garden growing now that the monsoon rains and clouds have arrived? The rain and clouds came early in July this...
View ArticleMany, Many (Big and Little) Hands . . . Make a School Garden
By Kevin Buggie [Kevin is a 2nd grade teacher at Chee Dodge Elementary, owner of Black Diamond Canyon Farm, and ’96 graduate of Gallup High School.] Overview shot of the garden Most gardens come about...
View ArticleGardening – October 2011
Preparing for Winter By Sid Gillson October is the time to prepare our gardens for winter and plan for next year’s garden. Information about the day and night temperature is vital for a gardener’s...
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