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Master Gardeners working in the Demonstration Garden.
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Joe Holdridge planting tomatoes. He is the grower of many of the seedlings that are planted here. |
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Non-woven fabric is used to cover the wire cages for the tomatoes so they will not be visited by the leafhoppers that spread the curlytop virus |
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Bobbie has served as a volunteer for at least two years or more. |
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Wire cages made from heavy duty fencing is placed over each plant. |
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Some jobs require more than one pair of hands. |
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The work crew rolls the wire into a tube. |
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Julie is the big boss and she plans all the garden |
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Some of the plantings got the fabric only on the bottom of the cage to protect them from frost. |
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Marian started with a group of children that they call the Junior Master Gardeners. |
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Lots of learning (discussion) takes place while the work is done. |
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Consulting about what to do about a problem that arose. |
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Since the field is infested with bindweed it will be an all summer task keeping it under control. This is just the beginning of a long summers job. |
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Dr. George Dickerson helps out with the planning of the research. |
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The long upright row of cages stand as sentinels; When the danger from the flea beetles and curly top is gone the fabric will be removed. |
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Some of the Jr. Master Gardeners learn how to plant a row. |
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Geoge Dickerson instructs the new Master Gardeners on the way to construct the wire cages. |
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Since it was only the 11th of May and frosts can still happen John covers the ends of the row to protect the plantings. |
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Getting ready to plant the tomatoes from 4 inch pots into their respective spots. |
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The shade structure will be welcome when the hot weather arrives later this month. |
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School children visit the gardens with their escorts.
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The garden is irrigated once a week from the ditch. Planting on the sides of the berms gives the best growth. |
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This large sign at the entrance to the garden lets visitors know what is happening. |
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Each seedling is protected with a pad of straw against frost and the germination of weed seeds which are abundant in this soil. |
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Covering the soil with clear plastic helps warm the soil so the tomatoes will get established more quickly. |
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Here in the shade of a young tree the boxes of tomatoes are collected. |
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Julie carrying a box to the shady spot selected for collecting the tomatoes. |
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The final collection of 496 prime Celebrity tomatoes waits to be taken to the St. Felix's Pantry agency. |
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Joe looks over the beautiful fruit and is pleased with his work on the garden. |
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Let me see "which box shall I pick up?" |
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Cosmos have grown and have reseeded each year. filling in between the rows and between the tomato plants. Harvesting some of the cosmos is a fringe benefit. |
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Sheila (with her back to us) walks away toward the truck carrying another box. |
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Back for another load. |
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The truck from St. Felix's Pantry in Rio Rancho waits for the last of the boxes of tomatoes. |
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Here the agency representatives thank us for all the beautiful fruit that they are taking back to their location to be distributed to their hungry patrons. |