Archive for October, 2006
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Cabbage Harvest
The harvest begins.
Tags: Cabbage Harvest
Monday, October 9th, 2006
Mesilla Chiles
The local chile harvest is almost over.
Chile pods can be picked green or red. The pods, green initially, turn red when older.
Green chiles are eaten in many ways, chile rellenos being perhaps the most famous. Red chiles are used for spicing and sauces.
Here’s a green chile two days before its harvest:
Here are red chiles from the same field. Because the pods mature at different times, a field will have both green and red.
Here’s a banana pepper:
Here are cherry peppers:
Tags: Chiles, Chile Rellenos, Peppers
Saturday, October 7th, 2006
Moonrise
The “harvest” moon rising this evening.
The moon tonight appeared 12 degrees wider than usual, due to moon’s position in relation to the earth.
Tags: Moonrise, Harvest Moon
Thursday, October 5th, 2006
Freight Wagon
Before mechanical transport, hundreds of thousands of tons of goods were transported to Mesilla using freight wagons like this.
One early pioneer account, for example, relates an instance when 400 freight wagons were used to transport $100,000 worth of stores to Mesilla. These wagons were pulled by horses or mules.
Tags: Freight Wagon
Tuesday, October 3rd, 2006
Mesilla Mariachis
Sunday at 4 pm at the Mesilla Plaza is the place to be if you like music and folk dance. That’s when the free Mariachi concerts begin, to be held every Sunday until November 5.
Mariachi - what does it mean? Oddly enough, no one seems to know for certain. The most accepted theory is that it comes from one of the languages native to Mexico before the Spanish invasion and conquest.
A Mariachi band consists of multiple violins, two trumpets, several kinds of guitars, and usually a folk harp. Besides a standard guitar, a Mariachi band has a high-pitched guitar and a base-rhythm guitar.
Tags: Mariachi
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Irrigation Gates
Mesilla is criss-crossed with ditches and canals. This irrigation system goes back to the founding of Mesilla.
The Rio Grande is the source of the water. The gates enable the water to be directed to specific places at specific times in specific amounts.
Tags: Irrigation Gates
