• Grow

    2022 Potato Crop – Golden Globes

    The spuds are in! 50 pounds of Golden Globes, an alternative to Yukon Gold, went into the ground last weekend, our biggest planting yet. We ordered a bit late so didn’t have a ton of options available to us but decided that the Golden Globes (an alternative to Yukon Golds)…

  • In the Garden - Sow

    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…

  • Food & Drink - Harvest

    Cota Tea

    Cota Tea (also known as Indian tea, Hopi Tea, Navajo Tea, Zuni Tea, and Greenthread) has been a favorite in our house for years. First discovered at our local farmers’ market, we were thrilled to find it growing wild on the property we currently care-take and have thoroughly enjoyed its abundant…

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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…

  • In the Garden - Sow

    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…

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    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…