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    Harvest Monday

    This weeks harvest contains a bunch of the same ol’ same ol’ mixed with a pinch of exciting news! Kale – 12ozThe three over wintered kale plants I left in are still going strong with no signs of stopping.  This may be an experiment in the making…This has been dehydrated for future use in stews. Snap Peas – 4oz This…

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    Grow Local

    Sometimes I feel like everyone is growing their own veggies and sometimes I feel like no one is.  I mean, really, have you ever driven around Santa Fe?  Nothing but rocks and weeds, my friends.  For real.  I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way, am I? Well, according to this nice little graphic provided by Mother Nature…

  • Chickens

    How Do You Know You’ve Got a Rooster?

    We’ve been wondering for months now if Prim is a rooster so let’s look at the facts: She was a bully as a baby, but sometimes babies can just be bullies. She has continued to be a bully as an adolescent, but we all know how teenagers can be. Her comb is has grown larger than our ameraucanas and larger…

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    CSA Family Pack

    As a member of our CSA, we have access to an online Marketplace where we can order a variety of items (eggs, cheese, veggies, canned items) including the newly added $60 Local Beef Family Pack that includes: 8 to 10 packages of steaks, roasts and other cuts including ground beef Well, we’ve talked about getting this for a little while…

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    Drought

    Apparently there are places in New Mexico that are experiencing their driest spring since people started tracking the weather here.  When might that have been? 1892 Yep.  You read that right.  The driest spring in almost 120 years.  Holy hell. Here in Santa Fe we are currently experiencing a severe drought with no relief in sight.  Now, I knew it was dry…

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    Garden Happiness(es)

    Massive, over-wintered spinach (in one of the now uncovered wagons) The massive spinach is now starting to go to seed…finally! Baby spinach in a pot on the front porch to replace the massive spinach once I pull it all out 🙂 Here we have lettuce and arugula which was planted in the bed right outside the front door.  The lettuce…