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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…

Shown, Unshown – The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly

Hello, Friend! How are you? Are you well? Is the season treating you wonderfully? Growing you, learning you, calling you home to yourself? It's been a bit since I've been able to pop in here and so I'd like to share a bit about why I've been MIA with a good ol' Shown, Unshown catch up post :-) Shown Spring…

Sourdough

So, I decided that 2019 was going to be the Year of Sourdough. I put out a call to my Facebook friends for a Starter to kick it all off and was met with the most amazing gift! A starter that dates back to the 80s, passed on by a colleague who originally got it from a local baker who…

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…

If we were having coffee…

If we were having coffee... I'd greet you with a big fat hug and tell you how wonderful it is to see you! It's lightly snowing outside again so we'd find a cozy nook to catch up in. I'd ask how you've been...how your family's doing...how work is going? And we'd dive straight in to Catch Up Mode because, gosh…

Winter

Being new to a property and micro-climate is a trip! You know... We'd noticed a few of the trees in the orchard that grew at incredibly wonky angles, but it wasn't until the winds picked up in the spring and sent very heavy items spinning about like children's toys, that we made the connection between bent trees and the "wind events"…