Chicken.Arm.Farm

In New Mexico, ditches called “acequias” crisscross the landscape delivering water to the thirsty desert land. Many of these ditches are pre-columbian. The one we are on was most likely dug in the 1800’s. The Acequia is fed from the Jemez River and was turned on two weeks ago- a sure sign that spring is here!

This one’s for you Eric. The little guys are now a couple of feet tall.

Two weeks ago, we planted five new fruit trees; a peach, two heirloom apples, a sweet cherry and a pie cherry. We then put in a drip irrigation system. This photo is of Stosh admiring his work (he dug many, many yards of trench that afternoon).