Cloud City Conservation Center

How is it August already?!?🤯😱 Summer’s in full swing here in Leadville, and C4’s staying busy with zero waste events the next three weekends ♻️We’re excited to see y’all out there for and the 100 bike and run! 🗿🚴🏃‍♀️👏
Big thanks to for the sun hoodies and hats to keep us cool in this blazing high altitude sun ☀️🧢😎 and the calendar to keep us organized and on track 📆 Be on the lookout for a new C4 Galena hoodie dropping soon 🥁🤩😬

All signs lead to Cloud City Farm! You cant miss todays farm market 4-7pm thanks to our amazing new signage from with backup from our summer interns Indigo and Juliana 🪧‼️👍💥
Cucumbers and beets 🥒🤩 will make their DEBUT appearance this week, alongside PEACHES 🍑🍑🍑corn 🌽 sugar snap peas 💚 squash, scallions, turnips, carrots, arugula chard spinach and kale! 🥬 can’t wait to see y’all all there

Rockies Rock campers were loving fresh n crispy sugar snap peas & left us some for tonight’s farm market 4-7! Plus new PEACHES and sweet CORN yall!🍑🌽💚 Amazing for a fresh salsa (hit up any of these kids for recipe inspo 👩‍🍳🥗) or grill em up for a weekend treat 🤤 If you can’t make it by tonight, stop by Friday 9-4 for new self-serve hours!
Peas, peaches and corn are glorious but don’t sleep on our other staples available this week:
Zucchini
Radishes
Turnips
Scallions
Greens- kale, chard, & lettuce 🥬🥬

The farm is buzzing with so many new friends this week! From amazing Rockies Rock campers to the hilarious (or creepy? 😮) turnip they unearthed to our bees, worms, fish and insects 🐝🪱🐟🪲- we are loving all the life and activity that summertime brings!

We still have a few spots left for tomorrows free At-Home Mushroom Cultivation workshop at Cloud City Farm! 🍄🍄🍄 Join Mercedes Whitman of MycoSprings to learn how to grow culinary mushrooms in your own kitchen, and come away with your own start up kit! Workshop is free, please register online https://www.c4leadville.org/events/mushroomworkshop

Rockies Rock campers with a preview of some of the goodies you can expect at todays farm market! The sweet salad turnips were a sleeper hit- slice em up raw and sprinkle a little Tajin on them for a crunchy, fresh snack! 🥒🍟🤤👏 Stop by 440 McWethy today 4-7 or drop in hours Friday 9-4 for…🥁🥁🥁
Zucchini!!
Carrots
Kohlrabi
Arugula
Radishes
Scallions
Beet greens
Sweet salad turnips
Lettuce
Kale
Chard
🥗🥦🥒🥕🥬🧅🥬

C4 needs your help making sure Lake County summer events are Zero Waste ♻️🚮🗑️ We’re looking for folks to commit to 4 hour shifts during Boom Days (August 2-4), LT100 Bike (August 8-10th), or LT 100 Run (August 16-18) ⛏️🚴🏃‍♂️Pay starts at $18 an hour 💸👍 Duties include managing zero waste stations and separating and sorting recyclables and compostables from trash. You’ll not only get paid for helping the planet and our community, but you’ll also get a chance to meet new people and have a blast at some of our favorite Leadville events! 🥳 Applications are at the link in bio or at c4leadville.org/jobsinternships

Reminder 🚨🔔🍒 Cloud City Farm market is open TODAY 4-7 plus new drop in hours Friday 9-4! This week we’ve got cherries 😍, summer squash, carrots, green onions, kohlrabi, sweet salad turnips, herbs, and all your favorite greens- spinach, arugula, kale, chard, and lettuce! ✌️💚🥕 See you at 440 McWethy Drive!

We have a few new faces on the C4 team - we are so excited to introduce Jo, Ellen & Izzy who all recently joined our team. Please join us in giving them a warm welcome. We can’t wait to see what they each accomplish in their new roles ✌🏼💚🌏

We think our new farm sign by is pretty Kool-rabi 😎 The Farm Market will be OPEN THURSDAY JULY 4th and starting this week we will be holding self-serve farm stand hours every Friday. If you can’t make it on Thursday evenings, swing by the farm on Fridays and snag some leftover (but still fresh!) produce. ✌🏼💚🥕

Tonight’s farm market (rain or shine) will include Cherries, Kale, Chard, Lettuce, Spinach, Beet Greens, Pac Choi, Radishes, Turnips, Arugula, Herbs & Carrots ✌🏼💚🥕

If the rain scared you away from the farm stand yesterday, don’t worry! We will have drop in farm stand hours today from 9-3 at the farm (440 McWethy) so come see us and pick up your fresh veggies for the week! ✌🏼💚🥕

Tonight’s farm market will include cherries, swiss chard, kale, pac choi, scarlet tat soi, lettuce, arugula, baby spinach, radishes, turnips, chioggia beets and herbs. See you from 4-7 at Cloud City Farm (440 McWethy)✌🏼❤️🍒

Join us this Saturday 6/22 at Cloud City Farm from 10:00-11:30 for the next event in our urban gardening workshop series- we will be hosting Monica Pless from CSU extension to talk about soil health for the backyard gardener. Come learn tips and tricks for maintaining soil nutrients and caring for raised beds! Workshop is free, please visit the link below to register ✌🏼💚🌼🌻🌽🥕🌶️

https://www.c4leadville.org/events/garden-planning-seed-starting-amp-transplanting-workshop-5x9ec-bc8bd

Tonight’s farm market will include spinach, radishes, turnips, arugula, cilantro, herbs, lettuce, pac choi and more. See you from 4-7pm at Cloud City Farm (440 McWethy Dr). As always the market is donation based (pay what you can) and accepts cash, checks & cards! ✌🏼💚🥬🥒🥦🫑🌽🥕🌶️🍅🍆🍠🧅🧄🥔

Join C4’s Zero Waste team and GET PAID to help divert waste from our local landfill during community events this summer! Our first event is coming up at the end of June. Learn more and apply at the link below ✌🏼💚♻️

https://www.c4leadville.org/jobsinternships

We hope you’ll join us for the annual Leadville/Lake County Community Clean Up this weekend! Saturday June 1st 9am -1pm on the Lake County Courthouse Lawn. Please bring your own water, snacks & work gloves and come back at noon to join us for lunch at Moe’s. Learn more & sign up at the link below!

https://www.c4leadville.org/events/2024communitycleanup

Can’t stop, won’t stop. C4 is looking for several rad community members to join our team. We are hiring a full time Energy Program Director to steward our energy work across Lake County and seasonal part-time Zero Waste event staff to help reduce the impact of our zero waste events on our community! Check out the link below to learn more and apply today! ✌🏼💚♻️

https://www.c4leadville.org/jobsinternships

May showers bring fresh veggies all summer long! Join us at Cloud City Farm today from 10am-2pm (rain or shine) for our annual plant sale. We have cabbage, cauliflower, peppers, lettuce, nasturtiums, marigolds, tomatoes, scallions, thyme, basil, oregano, lemon balm, kohlrabi, kale, swiss chard, cilantro, sorrel, broccoli, seed potatoes & more! ✌🏼💚🥬🌶️🍅🥦🧄🥕

Join us this Friday 3-6pm and Saturday 10am-2pm at Cloud City Farm for our annual plant sale! All plants were started in our growing dome on the farm. Any extras will be available at the Lake County Community Cleanup on June 1st.

2024 Plant Sale — CLOUD CITY CONSERVATION 2024 Plant Sale Saturday, May 25, 2024 10:00 AM 2:00 PM 10:00 14:00 Cloud City Farm 440 McWethy Dr Leadville, CO 80461 (map) Google Calendar ICS

Even though winter won’t quit we are dreaming of spring & gardening! Join us for one of our May events to make sure you start the growing season off right. Sign up at the link below ✌🏼💚🌱

https://www.c4leadville.org/recent-events

This week C4 successfully acquired the solar garden near County Rd 10, Lake County’s first and only community solar garden for $1. This acquisition secures the future of vital environmental infrastructure, safeguarding over one million dollars initially invested, and ensuring its continued benefit for the Lake County community and beyond. It does need some major repairs but we hope the array will be back up and running this summer ✌🏼💚☀️

Join Cloud City Conservation Center, Friends of lake County & Runners for Public Lands June 21-23, 2024 for an inspirational weekend on the ancestral homelands of the Ute people in Leadville, Co.

Our next Camp & Run is coming to Leadville, CO on June 21 - 23, 2024! Join for a weekend of trail running, conversation, and community. 💚

Learn more and register here: https://runnersforpubliclands.org/camp-run/

Join and the Lake County Conservation District for a series of FREE gardening workshops this summer on Cloud City Farm. Sign up at the link below✌🏼💚🥕

https://www.c4leadville.org/cultivating-community

Join us May 24th & 25th for our 2024 Plant Sale at Cloud City Farm. All proceed support Cloud City Farm & Community Garden ✌🏼💚🥕

Indigo Olsen (LCHS junior) and C4 have teamed up to collect reusable bags to distribute at Safeway at no charge to customers. We encourage you to gather up those extra reusable bags you have laying around the house to donate to this project. Bag drop-off spots include the , post office, and beginning on Friday, the county courthouse. We will also have donation bins at the upcoming Earth Day events - Freight on 4/17, the Old Church on 4/18, and library on 4/20 ✌🏼💚♻️

What an amazing year 2023 was! Support this by supporting Cloud City Conservation Center

https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/Cloud-City-Conservation-Center

We also want to give a huge shout out to Leadville Rental Center , who generously donated the use of their tools to this project. We are so grateful to have this full service tool and equipment rental service right here in Leadville. Be sure to check them out for your next project. They have it all and are happy to help!

Energy costs got you down? C4 can help! Call/text 719-465-6164, email us at [email protected] or visit our website at c4leadville.org for more information.

After a couple of months of hard work this fall, we are excited to say that Cloud City Farm is now home to a second high tunnel. This second tunnel doubles our protected growing space, allowing us to grow even more healthy food for our community. We would like to say a huge thank you to the farm staff and volunteers that helped get this big project across the finish line.