Sequence of events on a rewarding collaborative process: Char & Carl offer blue corn to us at the weekly El Rito Open Clay Studio > convo with chef/grower Dave Raggio who has been curious to work with blue corn to make miso> Site visit with C & C to learn how to tend to the corn > same day prep the field > into the earth it goes > an exceptionally dry season of attentive watering > a joy to harvest > sharing with Dave for his project …. More to come: drying, nixtalmalization, flour & etole, selecting next years planting kernals
Just a few spots left for the Intro to Stained Glass with @abreininger this Sunday, October 18! The weather is stunning & I will be serving up this 20lb Desert King Melon that I have been tending to all summer💚🍉🌈💦Sign up at www.ojocreativepreserve - link also in profile
Hitting the local bulletin boards….always get a few people signing up for the stained-glass workshops this way! @abreininger
FYI folks! We needed to push the workshop with @pigmenthunter to the following weekend. Spots are already filling up. Max 13 people. Hope you can come!
A lovely way to spend your weekend: learning stained-glass with @abreininger + enjoying the company of energetic & warm folks + lunching on a homemade meal made with love + taking in the environment Ojo Creative Preserve. Come and enjoy: sign up soon while spaces are still available! 🐝
💙💛🩵💜🩷it has been such a lovely journey this first year with blue corn > connecting me with my community + the land + learning + local tradition + caretaking + looking forward to the next steps of processing 🩷💜🩵💛💙
Excited to add this workshop with @pigmenthunter to the schedule here. Spaces limited to 13 people for this two day workshop. Day 1 (11/7, 10am-5pm) we will meet in the Abiquiu area. Day 2 (11/8, 10am-5pm) will be at OCP with lunch provided. Scan the QR code provided here or go to the link in the bio to sign up. Please DM me if you have any questions or would like suggestions for lodging if you would like to stay overnight in the area. 💚 (ignore the times pictured in slide 1 🥴)
Sharing some highlights from the August stained-glass workshop with @abreininger — more dates added for 10/17, 10/18, 12/5 & 12/6 (one day each) ⚡️SIGN UP BEFORE THEY FILL UP…spaces limited to 8 people per workshop. Link to register in bio
Staying in place this summer tending to the growing in the midst of monsoon magic
Natalie Rae Good @etcletterpress at OCP this Summer. Tying up loose ends and starting new ones. 💚
Get your spot for another stained-glass workshop with @abreininger Link to register in bio
Scenes from another wonderful workshop with @studiolouobjects ! Capped off with a spectacular double 🌈🌈 thanks to all the lovely folks that came out and to Dave for the delicious lunch
growings ons…..ollas made from the wild clay here | 🐝🐝🐝 | goji’s from seed are getting well established | 🥬🥬🥬 | 🐞🐞🐞| coriander | nettle | willows from planted cuttings in February are thriving | blue flax | limes | abundant arugula
The next workshop is coming up soon on June 14! Spaces are limited. Register at www.ojocreativepreserve.com (link in bio)
Pepito arrived a year ago today here on the land. Such a special lil guy 🦄💚⚡️and much love for his elderly mama for providing for him. He was a surprise - a wild stallion broke into Nelly’s pasture in Vallecitos…and well…now Pepito exists…
First flood of the season, 6:30am-4:30pm 💦💦💦 Testing out the new system funded by the Acequia Cost Share Program sponsored by the East Rio Arriba Soil & Water Conservation District. Many thanks to the kind folks there that offered so much guidance🐞Definitely a major improvement. I was able to manage the flow with much more nuance and efficiency 🐶 Special thanks to Pony for keeping me on track 🐴 Also featured: neighbors Diamond & Baby curious if I happen to have some apples on me
So much gratitude for this sweet & delicious precipitation 💦💦💦🌧️🌧️🌧️
Sian appreciation post 🦋🐝🐞 It has been a spectacular year working alongside them. So appreciative of the knowledge, enthusiasm and dedication they have brought to @ojocreativepreserve A truly invaluable contributor to the mission here. Here’s to another year full of ditches, seeding, watering, harvesting, tending and cultivating 🍾🥦⭐️🌿
Winter scenes from Ojo Creative Preserve (sound on) Featured birds: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Great Horned Owl, Cooper’s Hawk
