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Comment by W.Hughes Antonio on September 29, 2009 at 3:37pm

I'd like any suggestions on how to continue a "lasagna" vegetable garden through the winter. This is the no-till, layering strategy for building soil. I stamped down the weeds, coverd them with paper, added peat & compost and had an extremely healthy productive garden (herbs, root crops, melons, cuckes, etc.). But I haven't been able to locate info on how to continue it after the first season- so far, I'm just continuing the layer-building like I did originally: laying all the garden debris under mulching paper & covering with peat/compost.....but do I need to add minerals or something else? Given the high yields, this just seems too simple to replenish the soil. Thoughts?

Comment by Sara on August 2, 2009 at 12:38am

great spot for folks wanting land!

http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/apa/1300887516.html

Comment by Patti Newman on June 6, 2009 at 4:38pm

My husband and I rent in the Old Town area. We are trying grow tomatoes and peppers in 5 gal. buckets. So far the are doing well. But I am also intersted in very small scale composting to support our container gardening experiement! Any suggestions?

Comment by Melinda Potcher on April 29, 2009 at 9:05pm

I have about 100 volunteer morning glories starting in my veg garden - if anyone wants them, come get 'em. corner Anderson & Wellesley

Comment by Sandia Shirts on April 29, 2009 at 8:44pm

Born and raised in ABQ we are carrying on the Urban Farming tradition in our tiny backyard in NYC. Pole beans, spinach, arugula, lettuce and anything else that grows with only a few hours of sunlight/day. Gotta love it!

Comment by QueenofGeek on April 2, 2009 at 5:31pm

I have a huge clump of catnip in my backyard. Cat died, so I'm going to plant mint (go mojitos). Anyone want it? I guess there's about a square foot of it back there, pretty established.

Comment by Crista on January 4, 2009 at 11:28pm

Farmers and supporters: Check out "replies" to the announcment of the GMO Conference above, OR my personal Blog, for an in depth reporting of the conference. The small farmers and possibly the entire Green Chili economy is in potential danger if GMO's are not kept in-check in New Mexico.

Comment by Michael Bernstein on November 1, 2008 at 6:38pm

Check out Albuquerque Food Shed News - my entry proposal in the Knight News Challenge.

Comment by Kemper Barkhurst on August 26, 2008 at 7:34pm

You might try the Urban Chicken group here on DCF or Craigslist is always a good place to look. If your looking for chicks there are several feed stores in the valley.

Comment by molly on August 22, 2008 at 2:04pm

Where can i get a couple chickens?

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