Jardin de Milagros

Jardin de Milagros Jardín de Milagros (JdM) is an outreach ministry designed to furnish healthy, garden fresh vegetabl

09/12/2026

Update: Harvest continues. Total production is just over 85,000 lbs. of fresh nutritious produce. Squash production is almost up to the onion poundage—35,000 vs 40,000. Squash should continue producing until at-least mid October. By the end of the year, we should get close again to the target of 100,000 lbs of produce.

As summer 2026 winds down, we begin to plan for our Fall garden and for 2027. The West Garden is being cleared now. Onions were seeded there in Oct of 2025 and this turned out to be a successful approach. The onion seeds sprouted and grew during the winter months. We began picking nice large onions in May of 2026. The onions slips we purchased and transplanted in March 2026, did not do nearly as well because springtime winds damage their necks which limited their growth.

So, we are working on a new plot of ground—to the north of the house—2.6 acres—which we will seed entirely with onions next month. We have a lot of work to do to get a water system in place, rows made, onions seeded and hopefully sprouted by the 3rd week of October—just a month away. They should grow all winter and be ready in late spring/early summer next year. A gazillion lbs of onions may arrive next May. No onion transplants are planned for 2027.

After October, we will be in full field clearing and field preparation mode for 2027 crops. Also, there will be gleaning of pumpkins from our neighbor—the La Union Maze—after their Halloween season concludes in mid-November.

So far this year about 3,500 hours of volunteer work have be given to the Jardin. We continue to be blessed with many fine individuals who want to help in feeding many of the “food insecure” neighbors here in the El Paso-So. New Mexico area.

December and January are slow months when we rest and recuperate; study the seed catalogs; make garden plans; and give thanks for all we have been blessed with on this journey of Jardin de Milagros. Thanks to all of you who have assisted our efforts. The Hobsons

08/23/2026

Good Morning—Hope your summer is going well and not too hot weather-wise. Because of the high temperatures, we must drip irrigate the crops every-other-day for 2 hours. It takes all day to accomplish this as we cannot drip everything at one time. About 1/4 of the garden can be dripped at a time. Each 1/4 garden section is dripped for 2-3 hours — 8-12 hours total time every-other-day. The electric bill gets much bigger during the hot summer months since the submersible water well pump runs many, many hours.
Total production year to date is about 62,000 lbs—with squash and onions being the big contributors. The second crop of squash (East Garden) is just now beginning to produce some volume. The West Garden squash is beginning to fade away because of insect damage—squash bugs, white flies, cucumber beetles, borers, and potato beetles are the main culprits.
Plans are being made for the winter crops—which means field prep will have to be accomplished between now and Oct.
More later about what’s happening here at Jardin de Milagros. Jerry

02/19/2026

Greetings from the Jardin. No harvesting occurring now—but really busy with field preparation and with getting ready for spring planting. There are about 3,000 seedlings which have sprouted in our greenhouse and these seedlings are beginning to show their first true leaves. Varieties currently sprouted are Jalapeño, Big Jim Numex, Joe Parker, Barker, Serrano, Shish*to, Santa Fe Grande, NM 10-4, Lumbre, Banana Pepper, Bell Pepper, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Broccoli, cherry tomatoes, and Big Boy tomatoes. Also, the first shipment arrived of onion slips to be transplanted—10 cases of 1500 to 2100 each case. So 15,000 to 21,000 onion slips will be transplanted, beginning next week. Another 30 cases will arrive in early March for Spring Break groups to transplant. Additionally, field prep continues: fabric removal, soil turnover, disking, roto-tilling, soil amendments with compost, mulch, fertilizer and flake sulfur, roto-tilling again, drip line placement, fabric lay-down and then we can plant seeds or transplant seedlings. Busy times! Come see us. Susie & Jerry

12/12/2025

UPDATE: Greetings from the Farm. Things have really slowed down here due to the end of the warm weather growing season. The only veggie growing now are onions we seeded in rows in October. They are only 2” tall now and will not grow fast in these winter months.
As you may know, we strive to produce 100,000 lbs of fresh vegetables each year. We came very close this year. Our production was 99,436 lbs. A really good year and we thank all of our supporters—those who volunteer here, those who give money, and those who pray for the success of feeding the food insecure here in the El Paso region. Thank you All.
Susie & Jerry Hobson

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496 Wallace Road
Anthony, NM
88021

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Monday 9am - 11am
Tuesday 8am - 11am
Wednesday 8am - 11am
Thursday 8am - 11am
Friday 8am - 11am
Saturday 8am - 11am

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