If we were having coffee, I’d greet you with a big hug and thank you for joining me today! We’d settle in for a nice cuppa in the orchard by the acequia and watch the sun dance on the tree tops for a bit before diving into a gentle chat.…
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Never underestimate how deeply the beauty you plant today will brighten someone else’s day tomorrow <3 xoxo, M
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I was very worried after the little snow storm we got on April Fools Day, but hope remains 🙂 Now, there are still many nights between now and our guaranteed last frost date, but for now the bees are buzzing, the butterflies are fluttering, and the fruit trees are holding…
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As you may know about me by now, I always have such great intentions about growing a magnificent fall garden that will (naturally) evolve into a productive winter garden which will set us up for an incredibly bountiful spring… And then I become exhausted by summer’s hectic schedule and distracted…
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We didn’t know for sure when they might open up the flood gates…we were told sometime between “Holy weekend” and April 1st…and so yesterday afternoon, with the dogs barking anxiously and a strange truck stopped down by one end of our property line, we were happy to realize that it…
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With a very busy weekend almost complete… Full of: Cultivating the garlic and up-potting tomatoes… Moving our compost pile and spending quality time with the ducks… Visiting a day-old calf and building a “living tent” for Ember (stay tuned)… Enjoying the sunshine and dirty, sweaty, down-in-the-dirt work… Sowing peas and…
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Next Saturday is technically Acequia Clean Up Day, but with help at hand today (brother and daughter), we decided to clean out our portion of the acequia this weekend rather than waiting. There were leaves to be raked and moved to the garden and mole hill remnants to be shoveled out……
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With two full months to go before our guaranteed last frost date, I’ve found myself incredibly torn by the pure beauty of these apricot blossoms (tickling my already antsy Spring Fever) and the acknowledgement that, unless we have a phenomenally warm spring with no frosts or freezes, these gorgeous flowers this early…