kitchen garden

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The Spring Rains

The Spring Rains

The Spring rains have arrived and with them comes a bursting forth from the land. We got all the seeds in the ground early this year, earlier than we ever have before for this high desert climate, risking a late deep freeze in trade for the potential of three extra weeks of growing time. Looking ahead at the 10 day…
May 22, 2023
Welcome May!

Welcome May!

Oh HI! How the heck are you? It's been a few minutes... errrr... months ;-) You know, when I mentioned in my last post that I was allowing myself some space and time to rest during the Winter months, I truly didn't intend to be gone from this space for so long but life has a way of happening when…
May 1, 2023
If we were having coffee…

If we were having coffee…

Hello hello! Thank you so much for sharing space, time, and a good, hot beverage with me today! How wonderful it is to see you! I thought we might sit in the front yard and watch the baby chicks run about in the warm sunshine, what do you think? I’m enjoying black tea with milk and honey (per usual), but…
April 8, 2022
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

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
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