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2022 Potato Crop – Golden Globes

2022 Potato Crop – Golden Globes

The spuds are in! 50 pounds of Golden Globes, an alternative to Yukon Gold, went into the ground last weekend, our biggest planting yet. We ordered a bit late so didn’t have a ton of options available to us but decided that the Golden Globes (an alternative to Yukon Golds) sounded yummy and should keep well enough through the coldest…
April 13, 2022
Dual Purpose: Cold Storage / Grow Room

Dual Purpose: Cold Storage / Grow Room

When we first moved onto the property we are caretaking there was an old restaurant fridge (think loud, big, and heavy with sliding glass doors) in the tool shed that was used for fruit storage as the berries and orchard fruit came in during the growing season. It was in no way big enough but it worked well with the…
March 25, 2022
The Abundance of Spring

The Abundance of Spring

After years of drought and worry about water, last year was a doozy. All across northern New Mexico farmers were sharing stories of dry ditches and dying crops and caring for every drop they got, whenever they could get it. Elders talked about droughts when they were kids and how it put their families off of farming for good. Rivers…
May 13, 2019

Roots & Fruits

We've been in our new home for just over three months now. Though, if I'm being honest, it feels like much, much longer. Inside, we've been figuring out storage, adjusting to a tiny kitchen with very little counter space, navigating passive solar and the beginnings to what's shaping up to be a brutal summer, and thoroughly enjoying sharing a smaller…
June 12, 2018
For the Love of Blue Corn

For the Love of Blue Corn

I've always had an affinity for corn... A truly profound draw to it. I love the way it spirals up... Encircling itself as it reaches for the sun... Capturing the rain within its long outstretched leaves... Strongly rooted... Profoundly towering... Swaying in the breeze, dancing in the wind. The sounds, the smells, the sight of it all moves me like…
September 9, 2017

Shown, Unshown – July into August

Oh, how I've missed you all! And so here I am again, trying to document and share after being absent from this space for much longer than I'd hoped, planned, or anticipated! Realizing it is mid-August (how the heck did that happen), we're way past due for a catch-up and so, instead of baraging you with 15 different posts, I'll…
August 15, 2017