The humble beginnings of our highly-regarded spring lettuce mix. Each tray holds enough seed to plant more than 100 square feet and will feed numerous families across Central NM.
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Today we completed adding a fresh layer of mulch to our 10,000 square foot planting area for annual crops. That was 20 trips to the giant mulch pile, spreading approximately 40 cubic yards for a roughly 1-inch thick layer.
The foreground where the mulch is gray instead of tan is where we still have mulching to do.
We’ve written the seed starting schedule for the 2026 season on the white board in our office. We start seeds every 2 weeks from January to June. It takes seedlings between 4 to 8 weeks just to get them to the point where they are ready for outdoor planting. Plant care until harvest is even more involved and can take months.
The food you eat doesn’t happen overnight. All farmers make these kinds of commitments to our customers. We need you to make the commitment to us in return by becoming a Farm To You by Bomvida member. Stop by the Belen or ABQ location today to learn more.
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Just Delivered
Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida in Belen: rainbow chard.
More goodies coming soon with longer warmer days…stay tuned!
Bunching onions and lemony sorrel greens.
Farm To You by Bomvida has all the ingredients you need for a bacon breakfast burrito.
Farming is a continual learning process and our microclimate has been instructing us for 6 years now about what grows best. Lately, we’ve been reevaluating and redesigning how we use our hoop houses.
Bunching onions (Allium fistulosum) are perennial and self-multiply when harvested selectively. By planting them in a hoop house, we expect to be able to harvest them year round for years to come.
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Harvest Delivery
Just delivered to Farm To You by Bomvida: rainbow chard.
More goodies coming soon, as the season allows. We’ll be starting green onions and sorrel later in the week.
FEBRUARY:
- Lettuce (look for varieties described as “slow to bolt” or “heat tolerant”)
- Bunching onions
- Cold-hardy annual/biennial herbs like dill and parsley
- Perennial herbs like oregano and thyme
- Large Brassica greens like collards and kale
MARCH:
- Tomatoes
- Basil
- Swiss chard
- Sweet potatoes (not started from seed…grow your own slips from stored or purchased sweet potato tubers)
APRIL:
- Chiles including jalapeños
- New Zealand spinach (so much easier than winter spinach)
- Marigolds
- In mid-to-late April when soil temperature is consistently above 50F at 7am (buy a soil thermometer!), directly sow peas and seed potatoes
MAY (all of these can be directly sown once the soil reaches 60F…they grow quickly):
- Cucumbers
- Small cantaloupe varieties
- Yellow squash and zucchini
- Zinnias
- Direct sow: sunflowers…they don’t transplant well
JUNE:
- Butternut squash (can also be directly sown)
- Direct sow: asparagus beans aka yardlong beans
—NO SEED STARTING IN JULY AND AUGUST, IT’S TOO DANG HOT—
SEPTEMBER:
- Lettuce (look for varieties described as “good for overwintering” or “cold hardy.”)
OCTOBER:
- Garlic (directly sown)