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2022 Garden Prep & Planning

2022 Garden Prep & Planning

With the hope and inspiration of Spring upon us I'm determined to keep my 2022 garden prep & planning at the top of my priority list. Easy peasy, right? Eh... maybe ;-) See, if I'm being honest here (which I intend to be), the last couple of years have a bit of a blur with all of the external (and…
April 6, 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
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

2017 Kitchen Garden Planting List

I mentioned in my last post that, despite our challenges in the Kitchen Garden last year, we've decided to move forward with planting it out again this year. We will, however, be simplifying things just a bit. The Plan Get Organized With my two nifty new photo-turned-seed organizers all filled up with fully organized and inventoried seeds, I'm feeling incredibly…
March 2, 2017

2017 Kitchen Garden Plans – Three Sisters

At the end of the season last year I was 98% sure we wouldn't plant a kitchen garden at all this year. This decision was two-fold: We'd had our asses handed to us throughout the season and With my new job working alongside the Farmers' Market, I had fresh produce available for the purchasing multiple times a week But as…
February 27, 2017