Leave No Child Inside
The growing movement to reconnect children and nature, and to battle "nature deficit disorder" Read more »
Salman Raspberry Ranch In The News
Berry Stop
A trip to the Salman Ranch Store feels a bit like wandering into Oleson’s general store in Little House on the Prairie. Read more »
Raspberry Romp
If summer has a taste, it's locked deep inside a fat, juicy red raspberry, plucked straight off the vine. And every year, Salman Ranch, said to be northern New Mexico's one and only U-pick berry farm, welcomes help with harvesting its 5 acres. Late summer is the best time to spend a morning filling a bucket in the green fields flanked by a mesa on one side and an 1863 hacienda on the other. Read more »
Raspberry Rendezvous
We go to the Salman Ranch almost every year. When our schedule allows, and frosts don't hit too early, a trip to Mora for raspberries is part of our New Mexico fall routine. Read more »
Fall Harvest in New Mexico
We often have lunch or a snack at the Ranch Café, which make a delicious raspberry milkshake. In the gift shop, one can buy berries, jam, raspberry vinegar and more. And it always seems to be a gorgeous, sunny day for pickin Read more »
Tidbits: New Mexico
Built in the 1870s, La Cueva Mill in Mora County (pop. 5,180) supplied flour to nearby Fort Union. The gristmill continued to grind grain and produce electricity until 1949. Today, the restored mill is part of the Salman Raspberry Ranch, which has grown raspberries since 1982. Read more »
Savor the West’s Best Berries
Celebrate the harvest with Blackberry Hazelnut Honey Crisp, Raspberry Fool, and Blueberry Sorbet. Plus: favorite u-pick farms Read more »
Raspberry Fields Forever
New Mexico’s Indian summer brings succulent raspberries, ripe and ready to pick straight from the cane. Read more »
The ‘Other’ Las Vegas Charms Visitors With Laid-Back Appeal
For a relaxing, fun experience in late summer/early fall, head north to La Cueva for a visit to the Salman Ranch, a family-owned business that's a favorite stop for visitors. Read more »
Fall Guide 2007: Raspberry Foray
The drive to Mora takes approximately 1½ hours from Santa Fe, but it's one of the prettiest and most peaceful trips in the state. The route along I-25 north winds through deep canyons, dark green pinon forests and grassy plains. Read more »
Media Inquiries
If you need assistance with information related to Salman Ranch, please contact:
Frances Koenig, Managing General Partner
(575) 387-2900
info@salmanraspberryranch.com
Telling A Story
Numerous articles have been written about various aspects of Salman Ranch and the La Cueva Historic Site. All who visit are captured by one or more of its photographic subjects:
- The quaint Store housed in the old Mercantile Building
- The U Pick It Raspberry Field ladden with delicious red berries
- The Acequia which winds through the Grist Mill and under the highway near the Cafe and the Nursery
- The abundance of plant life in the Garden
- The Mission Church of San Rafael with its cathederal windows and its historic simplicity
Depending upon the pleasure of the authors, various aspects of this historic setting have been chosen by them to share with their readers.