by Watchman » 19 Aug 2023 08:33
My half acre is on a high desert mesa in northern New Mexico, 21 miles from the nearest “real” town. It sits above a shallow arroyo on the east side of a soft slope, where sparse sagebrush, thin native grass, black pockmarked volcanic rock and minuscule wildflowers dot the landscape. From my yurt, I have a breathtaking view of a 100-mile stretch of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, just below the Colorado border. The Rio Grande Gorge snakes between my mesa and the peaks. The earth under my feet is a powdery mix of adobe and sand; I am told I can seed it into a rough pasture by using a variety of tough drought-resistant native grasses and getting rid of the sagebrush.
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My half acre is on a high desert mesa in northern New Mexico, 21 miles from the nearest “real” town. It sits above a shallow arroyo on the east side of a soft slope, where sparse sagebrush, thin native grass, black pockmarked volcanic rock and minuscule wildflowers dot the landscape. From my yurt, I have a breathtaking view of a 100-mile stretch of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, just below the Colorado border. The Rio Grande Gorge snakes between my mesa and the peaks. The earth under my feet is a powdery mix of adobe and sand; I am told I can seed it into a rough pasture by using a variety of tough drought-resistant native grasses and getting rid of the sagebrush. [b][size=150][url=https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/yurt-living-zmaz99aszsto/?fbclid=IwAR31HjM_D6T-OceIvoR8-J74ZVldhkqoo9LOW8fmGQqG0TdRnQPWqVMerfQ]READ FULL ARTICLE HERE[/url][/size][/b]
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