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Grafting

Grafting
Grafting When you think of grafting in the Central Valley of California, generally horticulture comes to mind. Every citrus, peach, plum, nectarine, and a whole bunch of others are all grafted from a rootstock to the particular desired variety of fruit. This is a very intricate and precise process, an experienced grafter can make it…
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Overcoming Fear

Overcoming Fear
Overcoming fear About a year ago, I began seeing a boy named Caleb, a boy that was afraidto pray. As I was looking back on our first session together, I recalled the time when we were having devotions, and I asked him if he had any prayerrequests. Caleb got very uneasy and seemed uncomfortable. He…
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A Sanctuary for Children

A Sanctuary for Children
A SANCTUARY FOR CHILDREN Orlando not pictured in photo. In the fall of last year, I began to mentor a boy named Orlando. Orlando, like many of the children we serve at Crown Valley Youth Ranch, had experienced pain early on in his life. He’s a child of a single mother, as his father had…
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Patience in the Learning

Patience in the Learning
PATIENCE IN THE LEARNING As one of the CVYR horse team members, I’m usually just doing tune ups on older horses or educating fellow mentors on techniques to understand how horses think and learn. So when we purchased our first rescue, a mare about 6 years old, I was excited to maybe have the opportunity…
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Teach Me

Teach Me The warmth of the sun blanketed our backs as we walked through Old Towne back to the main office. Laughter filled the air and was swept away with the cool breeze. We were very thankful for the cool breeze, because we had just finished 2 tiring hours riding horses! I had 3 select…
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Square Foot Gardening Grids

Hello fellow CVYR friends,Below I have added the Square Foot Gardening Grids as mentioned in lesson 2 so that you can print and fill them out with your kids. Feel free to use the Companion Planting Chart to help you. I also have a Planting Calendar to help with planting seasons.Have Fun! 
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Lesson 2: How to plant

Hello Fellow CVYR Friends,Planting with kids is a lot of fun. Make your time planting an educational experience for your child and make it fun! Some of my favorite memories as a kid were in the garden with my grandmas. I learned a lot in the garden. Simple and practical things. Dedication, commitment, patients, and…
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Lesson 1: Square Foot Gardening

Lesson 1: Square Foot Gardening Hello Fellow CVYR Friends,The summer heat has been beating down and cooking our Central Valley floor the last two months.  This means our garden is exploding with produce. Our watermelons are growing and stretching out and we have been picking spaghetti acorn, and butternut squash, cucumbers, tomato, summer squash, corn,…
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Fall Planting

Fall Planting It’s that time again! Fall is coming. It’s been a long hot summer here in the central valley and temperatures have just dropped into the 80’s. It means it’s time to start planting your seeds for a fall crops! Last week I planted my first two garden boxes, using Mel Bartholomew’s method of…
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