• Eat

    Homemade Tortillas – A Spoon for Every Bite

    When I was a little girl, there was nothing I loved more than to go to the neighbors house at the crack of dawn and help her make fresh tortillas for the day.  She made tortillas every day because there were about 20 people living with her and her husband…

  • Harvest

    The first harvest of the spring!!!

    Yesterday morning was beautiful.  That was before the winds whipped up and coated the entire city in a gross, dusty haze (we really, really need some real rain).  Before the haze, though, I got some work done in the front yard (when you wake up at the crack of dawn…

  • Grow

    The Three Sisters

    Bandelier National Monument is a fantastically beautiful place (especially on a weekday in spring when there are not a trillion people mulling about) and has been “calling” me back for the past couple of years.  We finally made the short drive yesterday (the beauty of following the public schools calendar…

  • Uncategorized

    Which way is up?

    Alright, so in all of my searches for “how to plant peanuts” and “how to start peanuts inside” all I’ve found is “Plant seeds from shelled raw peanuts 1 to 3 inches deep”.  Well, I did that and I got this… About half of the peanuts have spouted right-side-up and…

  • Uncategorized

    The rise and fall of spring temps

    With the beautiful weather we’ve been having over the past few weeks, our fruit trees are starting to bloom.   They are gorgeous and full of hope and life!  They are also super sensitive little creatures that can wither and fall right off at a moments notice when the temperature…

  • Chickens - DIY

    The Chicken Mansion

    Here in Santa Fe, not only are we surrounded by our beautiful mountains and fantastic open spaces but we also have a rich culture and history, lots of conveniences and the wonderful ability to keep as many chickens as we’d like in our very own back yards! Well, with the…