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Flagstaff Garden Club Presentation Tonight

The Flagstaff EcoRanch will be giving a presentation for the Flagstaff Garden Club tonight.  For any of those interested in the EcoRanch or getting involved with people who share a passion for gardening, come check it out. http://flaggardenclub.wordpress.com/ Flagstaff Flower … Continue reading

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May Water Data

Here is May’s Water Data.  A total savings of about 1140 gallons.  The average American uses about 100 gallons a day and 75% of that is used flushing toilets.  Look into low flow toilets. For those of you in the … Continue reading

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Drip Lines Rule

Saving time and water.  Beds 1 and 2 are installed with drip lines.  Soon they will be buried under the mulch so the water percolates into the soil better.  The 3 inches of mulch has been working great to reduce … Continue reading

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The Field

We’re making progress with the raised beds, only one more to go.  So far we’ve planted a variety of potatoes, lentils, kale, kale, and more kale, peas, nasturtiums, oregano, basil, thyme, chamomile, bok choy, arugula, chard, a variety of lettuces, … Continue reading

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NPA Service Day

THANK YOU SO MUCH NPA!!!!  We had hard working, motivated seniors from Northland Preparatory Academy visit today.  We started with a tour of the EcoRanch and then got down to business.   Students built a rock wall, planted fruit trees and … Continue reading

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It’s been a month!…long post but lots of photos!

It’s been a month since the last EcoRanch post…where has the time gone?  Oh yeah, fundraising, ordering, building, teaching, learning, volunteers, interns, planting, planning, and animals! We were preparing and hoping we would hit our Kickstarter goal, so we started … Continue reading

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WE MADE IT!!!! $9,000!!!!

The summer will now be packed full of excitement and work!  WE MADE IT!!!  WE HIT $9,000!  Thank you all who helped out financially and by word of mouth.  We hope you can make it out throughout the summer to … Continue reading

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Chicks today – bees tomorrow

Today: We hit $8,442 on our Kickstarter…only 6 more days!  So close and so ready to get digging and prepping the raised beds. 15 baby chicks arrived today and are extremely cute…or delicious if you are Nova the dog.  She … Continue reading

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10 Fun Fundraising Days Left

Only 10 days left on our Kickstarter Fundraiser, please help: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1441165597/growing-food-to-grow-the-local-food-network We are at $7,222 and need to reach $9,000.  If not, we get no money.  So please spread the word and help out if you can.  Thanks to the … Continue reading

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Fundraisers and Bees

Today marks the halfway point of our Kickstarter Fundraiser; we have reached $5397.  Thanks to our 40 backers!  If you know someone that would be interested in supporting our project, please encourage them to help us by clicking here.  We … Continue reading

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