Gardening
Farmer’s and Flea Markets are Back!!!
2021 Market Season will begin May 8th! Saturdays – TBK Bank Parking Lot 8 AM to 12 Noon (9 AM in October) ! (no pets/dogs allowed at the market) The Durango Farmers Market is proud to make daily contributions to the well being of our customers, vendors and community. We believe that by featuring locally produced foods and goods, we provide a healthier, more enjoyable quality of life in the Durango region. We are proud to...
Durango Farmers Market – Summer 2021
Did you know that the farmers market is opening soon? 2021 Market Season will begin May 8th! Saturdays – TBK Bank Parking Lot 8 AM to 12 Noon (9 AM in October) Produce: Fresh and Delicious! Locally grown veggies seasonally available. Meats: Beef, Pork, Goat, Chicken and Turkey. All locally and lovingly raised. Cheeses: Artisan cheese in a variety of flavors. Eggs: Chicken, quail and duck Mushrooms: Cultivated and Wild-crafted by...
2020 Market Season – now until October 31st
2020 Market Season – now until October 31st Saturdays – TBK Bank Parking Lot 8 AM to 12 Noon (9 AM in October) Social distancing plans in place! (no pets/dogs allowed at the market) “It is the mission of the Durango Farmers Market to strengthen community ties to agriculture: by providing a venue for regional agricultural producers to sell their products; by preserving open space; by promoting healthy farming...
Activities for the Durangotang at Home
It’s a strange time out there, and there are plenty of activity ideas making their way around the internet. While some of us are busy working from home and others are doing school online, some are left with more time on their hands and nowhere to go spend it. What do you do if you can’t see friends and are supposed to stay home but feel bored? Well, here’s our recommendations. Here are things to do to help the Durango community and...
A Love for Weeds: Garden Pest Appreciation
Good day all! It has been a wonderfully sunny spring this year! With this fantastic weather comes the natural explosion of wide variety of weeds. This makes maintaining gardens and yards a lot more trouble than it needs to be. In this part of Colorado we see a great deal of leafy greens pop up such as Dandelions, Curly/Yellow Dock, Common Mallow, Prickly Lettuce, and so much more. The plants I’ve just listed are known to many...
The Magic of Mullein: Cowboy TP & More!
To many of us living in this beautiful little corner of Colorado Mullein is a fairly common sight. It can be recognized by its distinct towering rod-like stem that has an incredibly soft feel to its leaves and flowers. It’s no wonder it earned the name back in the old west as Cowboy Toilet Paper. This might come in handy if we keep seeing the toilet paper keep flying off our shelves! Most of the time we pass the plant by,...
Farming with Fish in Montezuma Co.
The Coulon Family raise fish to harvest the nutrient rich water they produce, and they use the water to produce 100 percent organic vegetables all year in their greenhouse.
Stevia – Top 10 Health Benefits
Botanical Name: Stevia rebaudiana Family: Asteraceae Other Common Names: Sweetleaf, candy leaf, sugar leaf Parts Used: Leaves Actions: Anticancer, antidiabetic, antihypertensive, antimicrobial, diuretic, hepatoprotective Taste: Sweet, bitter (aftertaste) Plant Uses: While stevia is typically used as a sweetener, it also has antimicrobial and liver-protecting properties. As a consequence of replacing sugar with stevia, people may also...
Homemade Hummingbird Food: 3 Ways to Save Time & Money
I was at the local hardware store recently to buy a new hummingbird feeder when I noticed the price on a 32 ounce bottle of hummingbird nectar: $11.99. Admittedly, this store isn’t the cheapest in town, but it still surprised me to see a bottle of sugar water selling for that much. My husband and I have been making our own hummingbird food for the past couple of years, and we’ve learned a few shortcuts along the way—on both the...
31 Uses for Dandelions
Dandelions are pretty much the unofficial mascots for foraging and herbal medicine. They can be found on every continent (except Antarctica) and have tremendous value as food and medicine. They invade lawns, fields, and waste spaces despite every effort to control, contain, and kill them. Dandelions are survivors, and they pass on a little of that to us when we consume them. Identifying Dandelions While dandelions do have a few...
Natural Insect Repellent – Essential Oils or Tinctures
Catnip tincture. On the repellency scale DEET is +10 (and toxic), catnip is +49-50 on a scale of 100 according to Iowa State U research. Actually the scale goes from minus 100 (attractant) to positive 100 (repellant). You can spray on the tincture made out of 190 proof ethanol from flowering tops of the fresh plant. It evaporates quickly though so reapply hourly if done this way. I have catnip growing here (it’s easy to grow)...
Got Apples? New Collective Has Pickers
A new food collective will help you harvest excess produce and get it into the hands of folks who can use it.
Farmers Market – Three Springs – Thursdays!!
Farmers Market at Three Springs! Join us every Thursday in the Three Springs Plaza!!
Watch the Awesome Way in Which Plants Defend Themselves Against Threats
https://durangodowntown.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/m52vp21gl6j9e51f2isb.mp4 We tend to think of plants as helpless, passive green blobs, but a fascinating new study, in which scientists used fluorescent light to visualize alarm signals within plants, shows how our photosynthesizing friends are able to mobilize their defenses. New research published today in Science is providing an unprecedented view of the signaling action...
Party Honors “Mother” of Community Gardening
Marye Jackson has been gardening since she was a child in the 1930s. It’s her passion, and so are community gardens. She helped start a number of community gardens in the area, and now, her fans will celebrate her contributions at a 90th birthday party at Ohana Kuleana Community Garden on Sunday, Aug. 19.
Training Future Farmers
A new Farmer-in-Training Program at the Old Fort Farm in Hesperus is helping to create the next generation of farmers.
Farmers Market at Three Springs Plaza – Every Thursday
THREE SPRINGS FARMERS MARKET BEGINS Thursday, June 21st Every Thursday evening 4-8PM Our market will offer fresh produce and agricultural products from local farms and ranches. For more information contact [email protected] or call 917-922-6021.
Farming the Old-Fashioned Way
Mancos farmers Tyler and April Willbanks may live a 21st century life, but their farming methods are strictly old school. They use Clydesdale horses to power their farm operations.
New Greenhouse, Garden Serve as Science Labs
A new greenhouse in the Riverview Elementary School garden has turned into the perfect outdoor science lab as second-graders learned earlier this month.
Dolores Farmer Makes Best Wheel Hoe Ever
Tom and Marybeth Gentry took up organic farming about six years ago, but they couldn’t find a wheel hoe that they both liked. So, Tom, a former heavy equipment mechanic, made his own, and they’re now for sale on the Internet.
