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Reflections on Community + Echinacea Seeds to Spare

Reflections on Community + Echinacea Seeds to Spare

I never intended for this blog to become a one sided conversation. This space isn't just about me, it's about all of us learning and growing together! Right? Right!!! Let me explain: The birth of this blog in February of 2011 came about out of a longing to both share and glean information.  My Partner and I were newbies to…
October 11, 2014
Kitchen Garden & Coop Tour – Preview

Kitchen Garden & Coop Tour – Preview

Saturday, as a build up to the Homegrown NM Kitchen Garden and Coop Tour, all of the homeowners and volunteers got to go on a Preview Tour of all of the homes being featured within the city of Santa Fe (there are a few farms on the tour as well, but they are in Coralles so they weren't included in…
July 28, 2013

Acts of Kindness

When a tragedy like the one in Newtown happens, I never quite know what to do.  My heart breaks, I cry, I wonder how one human can be in so much pain that something like this even becomes an option, but I never find any real, tangible answers.I find that it is very easy for us to get angry, to blame others (whoever's…
December 18, 2012
Election Day

Election Day

I do hope that if you are an American Citizen and haven't voted early, that you're proudly making your way to the polls today!EVERYSINGLEVOTECOUNTSSourceHappy Election Day, fellow Americans!
November 6, 2012
Harvest Swap

Harvest Swap

Last weekend, Tool Lady and I attended our very first Harvest Swap!  It was based on the framework of the Food Swap Network and was hosted by the Radical Homemakers of New Mexico (Erin and Kyce)!Although there were instructions given, neither of us had ever attended anything like this before so we really didn't know what to bring or how to package it all, so…
October 23, 2012