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We've got a big summer planned!
In this newsletter you will find...
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worm farming!
class pictures!
CRMPI getting fancy!
our amazing classes!
our favorite spring recipes!
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Worm Farmin'
Claudia digging up that gold
 
Replacing organic matter and the pallet to avoid compression while this space functions as a walkway.
Claudia and Hiroshi sifting the worm castings
 
The final product is pure bioavailable nutrients!
Don't have a greenhouse with pathways for worm farms?? No problem! Watch a Jerome build bucket worm farms here. Build them in your backyard and turn your food scraps into fresh worm gold all year long!
Events!
Aspen Business Connect
They discussed issues in our food system, how they are addressing the problems in the system, the soil, and the philosophy through education and practicing regenerative farming techniques in front of a large crowd of Aspen visitors and locals. We met so many cool people who want to do something to improve our food systems! (photos by Luke Dahlgren)
Carbondale Wellness Fair
Vanessa and Jen manned our booth at the Carbondale Wellness Fair selling wildflower seed balls, trees, salves, and spreading the good word about CRMPI and all the ways our operations support good health (nutrient dense food, active lifestyle, relationships with plants, ample cat time....)
Basalt Seed Swap
Our friends and seed saving nerds got together at the library to swap some of their goodies from last year. Seed saving is an important tool for adapting plants to your specific climate!
First Class of the Season!
April Forest Gardening
and Greenhouse Workshop
Forest garden tour on the last cold day of the season.
Worm buckets!
Fruit tree grafting
Forest gardening presentation
Breaking bread
Visit to the neighbors
Anatomy of a raised bed
Recycled soil and some brand new organic matter
and more organic matter....
compost, coppice (in this case we used leucaena from the greenhouse, a nitrogen fixer!)
water it in...
add more hay, straw, leaves, or compost
then plant and mulch!
like what you see???...
visit us!
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Our Favorite Spring Recipes
AYURVEDIC VEGGIE LENTIL SOUP
Veggies - anything you have left over from last year!
Greens - the first edibles to sprout in the spring! use anything you can find such as dandelion greens, lambsquarter, sweet potato greens, kale, chard, even comfrey and borage!
Spices - balance your doshas and invigorate your immune system and circulation by adding turmeric, coriander, and cumin to your soup, other good spices to add are ginger, sage, parsley, and basil
Miso - give your soup a delicious probiotic boost by adding miso after cooking, try making your own!
Make It!
Throw all those tasty friends into a big pot and boil it, sometimes we brown some of the veggies and spices first in a cast iron pan to add some more flavors to the mix. And as always, season with fresh key lime juice and ume plum vinegar!
CRMPI SALAD
 
Get some natives in flowers in there! We've been using borage, nasturtium, and dandelion flowers from the garden, as well as dandelion greens and our new lettuce varieties!
JEROME'S FRUIT SMOOTHIE
Our freezers are packed to the brims with frozen fruit! Busy summer's usually don't allow for too much jam making, but we do take the time to slice, pit, and bag all the fruit we can't eat in the warm season. On a dark snowy December day these bright colored sweet drinks are a welcome boost of energy and laughter.
Fruit - plum, peach, apricot, pear, fig, mulberries, goji berries, jackfruit, papaya, pineapple...it all works
Additions - elderberry syrup, spirulina/green powder, cinnamon (once Jerome confused the cinnamon with cumin which also turned out quite delicious!)
CALLIE'S SEED HUMMUS
Base: Chickpeas, soaked and boiled or sprouted, garlic, key lime, sunflower seeds, almonds, flax seeds, pepitas, olive oil
Red: Add peppers, cayenne, anything spicy
Yellow: Add turmeric, coriander, caraway
Green: Add fennel, dandelion greens, blanched nettles
Blend in a food processor and eat with any meal, spread on flatbread, rice cakes, chard wraps...
ACTIVELY AERATED COMPOST TEA!
 
Basic Recipe (enhance for specific results accordingly, see Dr. Elaine Ingham's Soil Food Web):
Aerate in water 24-48 hours:
Worm castings
Humic acid
Maxicrop soluble seaweed powder AND/OR kelp meal
Soluble mycorrhizae (timing depends on product)
Yucca (optional)
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