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Rio Grande Farm Park

Wednesday January 19th, 2022

HOW TO MAKE AND APPLY A LIQUID COMPOST EXTRACT
from a finished fungal-rich solid compost
https://youtu.be/CaKoAhannMA

Materials:
-Three pounds (1.5 kg) of solid, live fungal-based compost - to make ten gallons of extract
-Ten gallons of extract is enough to treat one acre! It won’t harm the soil or plants if you use more.
-Three, clean, five-gallon buckets
-Ten gallons of clean water poured into two of the five-gallon buckets (If the water is chlorinated, it will kill microorganisms. Leave chlorinated water open to air overnight.)
-Stir stick or hand drill with paint stirrer attached
-Coarse linen or cheese cloth, enough to make two to four layers on top of a five-gallon bucket. Compost extract is filtered through the cloth so that particles won’t clog the sprayer-applicator.
-Hand-held or backpack-style pump liquid sprayer-applicator, two-to-four-gallon capacity. An inexpensive manual pump sprayer should be adequate for small acreage.

Methods:

1) Evenly divide the solid compost into each of the two, five-gallon buckets of water.

2) With the stir stick or paint stirrer, mix the solid compost in the water, for two to three minutes.

3) Secure the cloth over the empty five-gallon bucket and pour the mixture through the cloth. The filtered compost extract should look like weak, cloudy tea without particles. Repeat as needed.

4) Fill the pump sprayer-applicator with the filtered compost extract.

5) Apply the compost extract to the soil using the sprayer. A light application is sufficient; ten gallons per acre. The compost extract should be applied within one day, to ensure viability of the microorganisms. IMPORTANT: Immediately after applying the extract, water the ground thoroughly. Water or rainwater will incorporate the live microorganisms into the soil, where they can multiply.

Courtesy of the Mosca-Hooper Conservation District, Alamosa County, Colorado, USA, the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition, and the Rio Grande Farm Park, Nov. 13, 2021

To purchase fungal-based compost, contact the Mosca-Hooper Conservation District. Mosca-Hooper Conservation District
https://mhcd.colorado.gov

Or, make your own fungal-based compost with a Johnson-Su “bioreactor.”
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Rio Grande Farm Park

Thursday January 13th, 2022

Welcome Salai & Kristine, RGFP Maintenance Stewards!

Salai Taylor has been a volunteer at the Farm Park for the last 3 years, working land projects, planting seedlings and watering trees. Salai has a background in gardening, landscaping and has been serving our community through the public library. She implemented literacy projects like the "Little Free Libraries". She is joining our team at the Rio Grande Farm Park where she will be able to apply her abilities on the land and with our community.

Kristine Reyhons has a chef background and has helped cook Thanksgiving and Christmas meals at La Puente for 10 years. She lives close to the RGFP and loves to help care for it. ... See MoreSee Less

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Rio Grande Farm Park

Thursday January 13th, 2022

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Valley Roots Food Hub

Valley Roots Food Hub is a farm fresh local food distributor serving the San Luis Valley and Chaffee County of Southern Colorado in both wholesale and direct to household markets.

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Rio Grande Farm Park

Tuesday December 7th, 2021

Today is Colorado Gives Day! Maintaining the Farm Park and running educational programs takes dedication from staff, volunteers, and community partners. There is much going on behind the scenes, from planning for a greenhouse to coordinating summer work groups, and we need your help! Can you contribute to the San Luis Valley Local Foods Coalition's end-of-year fundraising campaign to support this work? $10 is a vote for the Rio Grande Farm Park...and now is the time to give thanks to the Colorado Gives Incentive Fund.

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Rio Grande Farm Park

Wednesday December 1st, 2021

The Rio Grande Farm Park got started through grassroots giving. Can you keep it going? Visit the link in our bio to make a donation. Even $10 is a vote for this work to continue.

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San Luis Valley
Local Foods Coalition
Executive Director
Liza Marron

Email: directorslvlocalfoods@gmail.com

Phone: 719-937-2319

PO Box 181, Alamosa, CO 81101

Office: 412 State Street

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