Our first Mesquite Class of the season - Peggy Sue Sorensen and Mike Clow team up to give us the basics on harvesting and prepping pods for milling. Tasty recipes included.
Tuesday, June 13th at 5pm AZ - Tree Chat on 2nd Tuesday (5pm Pacific/8pm Eastern) This year we are bringing in guests to talk about growing specific fruit types. This month we talk about growing APPLES and we want to tackle your queries and questions . We'll discuss the ins and outs of these lovely…
Join Janis and Ray as they take you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees near Rio Vista Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod harvesting awareness through this annual refresher class. Depending on the weather and the trees, you might even be able to start your harvest.
Join Don and Jordan as they take you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees in Rio Salado Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod harvesting awareness through this annual refresher class. Depending on the weather and the trees, you might even be able to start your harvest.
Noticed anything odd recently? Perhaps climate change has your community a bit up in arms. Unexpected rain, hotter high temps, lower low temps. How do we prepare for changing climatic conditions in terms of growing and saving seeds? Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson will delve into this ever-evolving topic and offer tips for riding the waves of uncertainty. Come Chat with Us!
Summertime can be a great time to update your irrigation, and we are ready to help! Come join us for an online Drip Tape Class with the Urban Farm. Learn about the super efficient irrigation system used by professional farmers to provide consistent watering over entire crop areas. See the best ways to adjust for garden sizing and watering needs, and learn what is needed to make the system work.
In the Rosie on the House radio show, there is a dedicated hour for questions and answers about growing food in the local desert. On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates…
Join Peggy Sue Sorensen and Mike Clow as they take you on a walking tour of the mesquite trees in Granada Park. You will see, smell, touch, and taste mesquite trees and beans as you take our walking class and learn how to collect mesquite beans. Improve your mesquite pod harvesting awareness through this annual refresher class. Depending on the weather and the trees, you might even be able to start your harvest.
"Rain, Rain, go away?" Whoever said that never had to water a garden in the summer months. Join us as we chat with our good friend and water harvesting educator Don Titmus about boosting our water resources for our gardens with a few simple systems that can quickly pay for themselves.
Join us for our online Mesquite Chat with Greg Peterson, Don Titmus, Peggy Sue Sorensen, Mike Clow and Janis Norton, as we look forward to our local Mesquite Pod Milling Event in July. We have several videos available that cover the basics of harvesting and processing Mesquite. This chat is for us to answer your questions that still remain.
It's that time of the year - it's time to mill your beans.. choose your appointment slot, and bring us your buckets of dried mesquite pods. We are partnering with The Mollen Foundation to help move this event into a larger community program. They will be running the scheduling and while we are working on a new location, we are still planning on being at the Nursery Lot this year.
It's that time of the year - it's time to mill your beans.. choose your appointment slot, and bring us your buckets of dried mesquite pods. We are partnering with The Mollen Foundation to help move this event into a larger community program. They will be running the scheduling and while we are working on a new location, we are still planning on being at the Nursery Lot this year.
