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Collecting seeds is a daily habit at the Bosque. We work to keep our kitchen team in sync with our garden team so that any avocado pits, pumpkin seeds, or, in this case, tomato seeds, get processed correctly and planted. Last year we purchased the book Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques […] We are in the dry season. And by dry, I mean really, really, really dry. All of the grass and plants are brown. We ordered a pipa of water (about 7,000 liters) to get us through for a surge of guests that happens every year around Easter (Semana Santa). Some of our plants are dying; […]
We are so kind. We share our turnips with tusas: the Naked-nosed pocket gopher. Tusas are animals that most gardeners in Michoacán dread. They dig up gardens ruthlessly, leaving behind the signature mound of turned over soil. Some of our friends who have farms or gardens buy Jack Russell Terriers, dogs that […]
Oh, we feel so sorry for our poor tomato plants. They have a hard life in this climate. During the dry season we choose a few to water with our kitchen greywater, but aphids become a problem. During the rainy season they tend to rot, […] Thousands of mushrooms have begun popping up all over the forest in the last couple of weeks.
Four obvious mushrooms grow here in the forest that we can harvest to eat. There are a number of other mushrooms that are edible and those with experience sometimes harvest them […] |