While they make for some gorgeous skies, the two fires outside of Santa Fe have been steadily breaking my heart over the last several days. Here’s where both fires stood as of late last night via NM Fire Info. The Tres Lagunas Fire Acres: 9441 Cause: downed power line Start Date: May 30, 2013 Containment: 24% Location: 10 miles North of…
MATERIALS: Scrap paper (any non-glossy paper will do), water, window screening, an old picture frame, stapler, large plastic tub, blender, water TIME FRAME: 15 minutes prep + 1 hour + drying time (12-36 hours) PROCEDURE: Begin by tearing up your scrap paper into pieces about 1 inch square. Fill your plastic tub with warm water and place your paper in…
If you have laying hens, you have eggs. If you have eggs, you have egg shells. If you have egg shells, you can have healthy, delicious tomatoes. So, this is your friendly reminder to save your shells, dry them up, crush them and add them to your soil when you transplant your tomatoes. You’ll thank yourself for it later, I…
Well, it looks like Spring brings broody chickens. A few weeks ago, one of our Black Australorps went broody on us. She even plucked her belly feathers to help incubate her unfertilized eggs. Luckily, she’s been much more docile than our broody Ameraucana last spring and there have been no attacks or bloody toes! We’ve removed her from the…
Thirty years ago my family moved onto a piece of property owned by a man that my little brother would later be named after. My dad is a wood worker, the man was a contractor and, despite their great age difference, they made a connection. The house that I grew up in holds most of my childhood memories including…
5/31/13 – 1:00 PM – Tres Lagunas Fire 5/31/13 – 6:00 PM – Tres Lagunas Fire 5/31/13 – 7:30 PM Smokey sunset – Thompson Fire It’s the last day of May and fire season is already upon us. Two fires in two days. One is at 2,000 acres, the other at “only” ~20. With years of drought at our doorstep,…
