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Puerto Rico Shoebox Efforts

Yosemite Tours Posted on October 22, 2017 by Kenneth BocheOctober 22, 2017
Puerto Rico Shoeboxes

Since the President isn’t doing much to help the people in Puerto Rico and is blaming them for their plight after hurricane Maria, I have made up 5 shoeboxes of life-sustaining supplies to send to Puerto Rico. I have joined … Continue reading →

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Earth Day 2017

Yosemite Tours Posted on April 25, 2017 by Kenneth BocheApril 25, 2017
Ken and Lisa Mariposa Clean Sweep Earth Day 2017

This year we celebrated Earth Day in Mariposa by joining in with our town’s “Clean Sweep,” trash pick-up efforts around town. Organizers solicited donations from local businesses, obtained clean-up materials for volunteers, divided the town into reasonable working areas, assigned … Continue reading →

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Winter Garden

Yosemite Tours Posted on January 30, 2017 by Kenneth BocheJanuary 30, 2017
Garden overviews – morning and noon:

After our fairly successful summer garden abruptly died back during our first heavy frost, I removed many of our summer plants, and Lisa and I replanted some of those spaces with winter vegetables which have been growing steadily since then. … Continue reading →

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Late Summer Garden 2016

Yosemite Tours Posted on September 2, 2016 by Kenneth BocheSeptember 4, 2016
squashes, beets, peppers, onions, egg plants, and herbs

As summer wanes, our garden is producing more than ever. Our plum tree just finished its biggest crop in 5 years and we have lots of frozen plum puree as well as dried plums that we will use as trail … Continue reading →

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Fall Garden 2015

Yosemite Tours Posted on October 9, 2015 by Kenneth BocheOctober 9, 2015
Fall Garden 1

Our garden has been producing well all summer except that the tomatoes have been a disappointment. Fortunately, we still have lots of tomatoes in our freezer from last year and have been adding squashes, chopped onions and fresh peppers to … Continue reading →

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Frost Comes to Our Garden

Yosemite Tours Posted on January 6, 2015 by Kenneth BocheJune 26, 2015
Winter Vegetables 2

As warm weather prevailed well into December, we’d been planting “winter vegetables” (bak choi, brussel sprouts, broccoli, lettuces, kohlrabi, mustard greens, cilantro, etc.) that thrived and grew well. During the week of Christmas through New Years however, we were hit … Continue reading →

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Ever Better Community

Yosemite Tours Posted on January 5, 2015 by Kenneth BocheJune 26, 2015

Announcing the Ever Better Community II Conference on Saturday, March 28th from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Mariposa County Fairgrounds, Bldg. A. This conference is planned around the Open Space Technology idea that the people who show up … Continue reading →

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Sierra Sustainability: Summer Into Winter

Yosemite Tours Posted on October 26, 2014 by Kenneth BocheJune 26, 2015
Garden 11

It is now the last week in October, and both the tour season and Lisa’s and my garden are slowing down. In our garden, we’ve been taking out tomato and other plants that are no longer producing. We’re retaining those … Continue reading →

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Summer, 2014 Garden Update

Yosemite Tours Posted on September 7, 2014 by Kenneth BocheMay 26, 2015
Garden Bounty

Lisa and my garden has matured and has allowed us to continue to eat most of our meals with our major inputs coming from our garden. We harvest enough vegetables daily to eat delicious meals at least twice a day … Continue reading →

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Spring 2014 Garden Update

Yosemite Tours Posted on June 14, 2014 by Kenneth BocheJune 26, 2015
Garden

This year, we added 5 recycled tractor tires to our garden. This meant we also needed to add a new irrigation valve so all the plants would get enough water, even with our very efficient, system that directs water to … Continue reading →

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