\

Located at the base of Buckhorn Mountain at 6700' elevation, Buckhorn Gardens is a small, organic vegetable farm 13mi. south of Montrose, Colorado. Our farm is an active part of a 12,000 acre ranch; however, we only manage 3 acres with intensive vegetable gardening.

Saturday, March 30, 2013

CSA Newsletter and Application are now posted!...

Monday, March 18, 2013

Tis the season to be goaty. If you haven't heard and seen already, there are baby goats newly prancing and flipping in our barnyard. All over our valley and, most likely, all around the country new goats are being born along with all the other new baby animals--calves, foals, fawns, pups, kitttens. All signs that spring is here! Of Buckhorn's three...

Monday, March 11, 2013

It's March, sure. But with a good amount of snow last month, surely we weren't hibernating...were we? Hibernating, no. Thankfully we have been sleeping pretty well, and eating extremely well. Horton, Laura, and I have all had a chance or two to ski and snowboard in Telluride this winter. I was able to snowboard with Leelyn, one of our amazing...

Friday, February 8, 2013

Here is some excellent information I gleaned while attending the first annual Western Colorado Food and Farm Forum: The first workshop I attended after the opening meeting and networking breakout was titled Feeding your Soil to Feed Your Crops: Cover Crops and Soil Fertility. Isaac Munoz, a representative from the CSU extension office, presented a slideshow about soil fertility management and utilizing green manures, such as legumes and annuals,...

Friday, January 18, 2013

We know it has been awhile since we last posted an update about what all has been going on here at Buckhorn gardens. No excuses, though, we have been busy planning, planting, prepping, posting, and postulating. We trust that you have enjoyed the holidays, and hope that you’ve been warmed by your family, friends and fires. I think -14°F was the...