In the Garden

237 articles
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
Vegetable seeds, hopes, & dreams

Vegetable seeds, hopes, & dreams

With the snows of January continually enveloping us and the hope of Spring right around the bend (but not before several twists and turns, I'm sure) how better to spend a bit of time than by going through a few hundred seed packets and daydreaming about planting season? 2018, with all of its transition and learning, didn't allow for a…
January 21, 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
Down the Field

Down the Field

Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there. When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about. ~Rumi xoxo, M
August 22, 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