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Navajo native plants : cliff rose

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Navajo native plants : cliff rose

In our series of learning about our native plants we had a special guest at our staff meeting last week. Grace Tracy is so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about traditional medicine. She gathered cliff rose near the entrance of Blue Canyon. It bark and flowers have a beautiful fresh scent and the bark was used in cradle boards in place of diapers. She even brought s cradle board to show us. Next week:  Nsvajo Tea

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Blue Corn Taking in the last of the Sun

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Blue Corn Taking in the last of the Sun

 The blue corn is as high as an elephant's eye this week at Good Shepherd Mission at 7200 feet above sea level. Good thing, since the night time temperatures  in mid-September are dropping into the 30's. The ears are filling out, the silk is drying - but good signs that the corn is close to maturity. We plan to harvest in a couple of weeks - so now, it is a race against time. Which will win? Will it stay warm enough for the corn to finish out to maturity? Or will the night time freezes force us to harvest...

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