Southwest Desert Farming

A celebration of seasonal eating

A celebration of seasonal eating.

We grow open-pollinated vegetable varieties that are well-adapted to our central New Mexico climate, ensuring superior nutrition and flavor.

We are dedicated to healthy soil, healthy food, healthy people, and a healthy planet.

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Easiest Indoor Seed Starting
by Amelia Vogel
31st January 2024
FEBRUARY: MARCH: APRIL: MAY (all of these can be directly sown once the soil reaches 60F…they grow quickly): JUNE: —NO SEED STARTING IN JULY AND AUGUST, IT’S TOO DANG HOT— SEPTEMBER: OCTOBER:

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Address:

Rocket Punch Farm LLC
14 Gonzales Road
Belen, New Mexico 87002

Contact:

(505) 302-5657
info@rocketpunchfarm.com

Hours:

By appointment only. Please give a call ahead to check availability.

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A regenerative micro farm growing seasonal vegetables, herbs, and berries. Find our products exclusively at the Farm To You By Bomvida stores in NM.

Now in season: rhubarb! Also just delivered to @b

Now in season: rhubarb!

Also just delivered to @bomvidafarm: mixed lettuce and green onions.

How to make an all-local quiche with spring greens

How to make an all-local quiche with spring greens and herbs.

Step 1: go to @bomvidafarm.

Step 2: choose from your preference of local greens and herbs. We just delivered rainbow chard, sorrel, green onions, tarragon, and lovage. Other local farmers have supplied spinach, kale, parsley, dill, basil, and more so take your pick!

Step 3: don't forget the eggs and milk. Other local goodies you may consider include local cheese, local mushrooms, and local sausage.

Step 4: serve with a salad of mixed lettuces or microgreens.

Check the comments for a crust-less quiche recipe.

Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen:

Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: lettuce SUPER mix, rainbow chard, lemony sorrel, and onion chives.

(At RPF, we harvest lettuce November through June by planting cold hardy lettuces in our hoop house in October and warm weather-adapted lettuces in our field in March. This means that in early spring, there's a brief overlap period when we are harvesting from both plantings at the same time. Hence, lettuce SUPER mix.)

Rhubarb season, coming soon!

Rhubarb season, coming soon!

Today in crop propagation: -started rainbow (Swis

Today in crop propagation:

-started rainbow (Swiss) chard from seed
-potted up tomatoes...we're trialing 16 open pollinated varieties described as "heat tolerant," a mix of heirlooms and varieties developed by research universities in Southern states
-potted up more collard greens (pictured here)

Expanding our fruiting forest garden per our NRCS

Expanding our fruiting forest garden per our NRCS contract. Cold hardy olives (green and black olives that can also be pressed into olive oil), figs, and yuzu (sour citrus similar to lemons and limes).

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed let

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed lettuce and baby leaf rainbow chard (not pictured...we were picking as fast as possible before this wind storm got any worse and forgot to snap a photo, sorry)

Stay safe out there, folks!

Our lettuces for spring planting (started from sav

Our lettuces for spring planting (started from saved seed on Jan 28, 2025) look gorgeously delicious already!

They'll go into the ground in another 3 or 4 weeks, depending on what Nature has to say about it.

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed let

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed lettuce.

We're seeing a slight uptick in lettuce production now due to longer, warmer, brighter days. Last week, we started seeds for other leafy greens. Next week, we're starting tomatoes from seed.

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed let

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed lettuce.

We started seeds for our spring-planted lettuce varieties last week, to extend the lettuce harvest through June.

The sequence of annual seed starting begins today

The sequence of annual seed starting begins today with our lettuce varieties for spring planting.

All told, we grow around 60 varieties of annual vegetables and herbs, a number that does not include edible perennials such as berry plants (the photo is one of more than 200 strawberry plants we've already started).

From now until early June, we start seeds every 2 weeks.

We're back at @bomvidafarm with our mixed lettuce.

We're back at @bomvidafarm with our mixed lettuce.

And because we've been thinking hard about the warmer weather to come, we brought in some sun-dried tomatoes as well.

Sorry y'all, it's too dang cold to harvest lettuce

Sorry y'all, it's too dang cold to harvest lettuce today without risking damage to our crop. It's best to keep it all wrapped up under row cover in our greenhouse for now. (Photo is from last Thursday's dusting of snow.)

But that shouldn't stop you from heading over to @bomvidafarm to pick up everything you need for cosy winter meals. We're making yak chili and blue cornbread for dinner tonight.

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed let

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed lettuce.

We're looking forward to a fresh homegrown salad tonight as part of our meal of all local foods, made with ingredients supplied by other local farmers who sell their products at Bomvida. We're having red chile stew (local lamb, local potatoes, local red chile) and skillet blue cornbread (local blue corn, local flour, local eggs, local milk).

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Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed let

Just delivered to @bomvidafarm in Belen: mixed lettuce.

Our harvest is still small as we enter the darkest week of the year. After the solstice, our harvest will increase.

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