Pat Scanlon, co-founder of Woody Creek Distillers (WCD), would trial nine potato varieties in search of the perfect vodka potato. In so doing, WCD became the first lessees to grow vegetables on Pitkin County Open Space and Trails ag lands. “Of course it would be a Colorado potato,” Scanlon chuckles, describing the venerable Rio Grande […]
Geneviève Villamizar
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Honoring women peacemakers
“I was worried that people would say, ‘Oh gosh, I could never bring the whole Masai village back or anything like that!’ I want readers to see the tactics of these women so they can apply them on an everyday basis as ordinary people.” Paonia farmer and author Barbe Chambliss, Ph.D., met with The Sopris […]
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Sinking roots in stewardship
The sole function of land — its ecosystems and all life therein — is to perpetuate itself. Plants or creatures at every (in)conceivable scale feast upon one another, building soil, circulating water, and distributing byproducts — infinitely. Land is nourishment; it’s that simple. A simple concept, but easy to lose sight of when the very […]
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Siembra invernal
Traducción por Dolores Duarte En las próximas décadas, veremos al COVID como un capítulo de plantar semillas por más tiempo; un tiempo de desaceleración y reconexión. De más tiempo en el portal, de caminatas largas y de más tiempo auténtico de naturaleza. En estos momentos más lentos, ¿notaste algo en el aire la semana pasada?, […]
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Branching Out: Untethered in time
Before asphalt opened the Rio Grande Trail to a continuous flow of humans, it was a regular haunt of mine and my golden retriever Zoë. Being my bird dog and running companion, Nature was the stage of our time spent together. He was the furry, warm-hearted courage I needed to go further and deeper than […]
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Winter sowing
Decades from now, we’ll look back on COVID as a chapter of planting the seeds for more Time; a time of slowing down and of reconnection. Of more front porch time, of long walks time, and of more authentic Nature time. In these slower moments, did you happen to notice something in the air this […]
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A closer look at Pitkin County Open Space and Trails
“If you want to walk in the grocery store and buy something that was grown locally, that tastes good, then you’ve got to invest resources in protecting the land base.” This is the vision and mission of Acquisition and Special Projects Director Dale Will, with Pitkin County Open Space and Trails (OST). In two decades […]
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Branching Out: Respecting life and death
Is a dead animal of value, or just trash? I’m forced to ponder this after retrieving a dead creature from Highway 133. We didn’t want cars to smash the animal to oblivion. The night had been exceptionally dark, stars and moon veiled by snow clouds. Not another car was on the road. Amid a thicket […]
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689 gets a new edge
Upon arrival, it’s hard to know what to expect at AX’D BABE, Carbondale’s newest venture behind 689 Main Street. Through the wrought iron gate, straw bales circle up to wood-burning fire pits and light spills from the windows of a large white tent. Parting the entry curtains, mystery unveiled, AX’D BABE is clearly to be […]
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Where the butterfly lands
Ayla woke knowing that today they would slaughter Brown Boy, a heritage pig on their farm. She is not your typical modern child, with soccer practice, piano lessons and a Labrador retriever. She is fiercely independent, able to advocate for herself already. And she doesn’t eat meat anymore. “I don’t really like the way it […]