Community shares local food at farm-to-table fundraiser Colorado weather in June often turns on a dime, bringing a full four-seasons’ worth in a matter of
SOIL Sangre de Cristo investor members recently voted to award $21,000 in no-interest loans to four area businesses: Elements Mountain Compost, Fungus Among Us, Rocky Mountain Garlic and Elevations Farm
Tiffany Colette turns dry, sandy soil into her working partner while coaxing delicious, beautiful vegetables out of the ground in the high, desert of central Colorado.
Colette will be the SOIL Sangre de Cristo guest speaker, at 7 p.m., Feb. 25 the SOIL Sangre de Cristo Speaker Series.
The co-owner of Rocky Mountain Garlic will discuss how she and her husband Mike turned a neglected horse pasture into a bio intensive, no till, permanent bed, vegetable cropping system.
These are the techniques known as regenerative farming. By incorporating manure, compost, mulch, cover crops and rotating into a system to feed the soil and suppress weeds, a high quality desert crop can be produced.
Posted by Brooke Gilmore | Jan 20, 2021
Rocky Mountain Garlic (RMG) is building a passive solar greenhouse with an attached farm stand. Owners Tiffany and Mike Collette have started the new spring project to help ensure local food access for the community.
This green house design is similar to the one being built by Rocky Mountain Garlic. Image courtesy of Tiffany Collette.
The passive solar greenhouse will be 18 by 36 feet and features “smart” technology that will allow RMG to grow plant starts for their farm as well as other farmers. They will also use the space for growing through the winter. The greenhouse maintains a steady temperature without additional heat sources.