I’ve been kind of out-of-sorts for a couple of weeks now. Full-on sick (kidney infection first, then the flu), as have Tool Lady and Fish Girl (just the flu for them…horrible, no good, very bad, long lasting flu). It’s hard to focus on anything when your body hurts and you…
When checking for eggs yesterday, I was greeted by one of our two Black Australorps who was ready to lay. Curious to see what she would do with me watching, I left the door open, stepped back and watched for a minute. After assessing my intentions, she began moving the…
Well, after what feels like a very long time, we are finally harvesting again! I always forget how a few greens growing under grow lights can brighten up our lunches and make me yearn for Spring and all that She brings with her! In addition to the hopefulness of greens,…
I am incredibly happy to report that our chickens are officially laying again! We hit a dry spell there last fall when several of the ladies were molting…Then, the weather got cold and I think they all went on strike! That is, until last week when they started laying again…
Happy Monday, everyone! Well, I am happy to report that we finally harvested some beets! Three full pounds of them! These guys were planted in the late spring in one of my bio intensive beds (corn, bush beans and beets) as an experiment and did pretty well. They were a…
Happy Monday everyone! Well, the cold has officially hit. It will warm up again, but our lows over the last couple of days have been down in the teens (not normal for Santa Fe in November), which has given me some pause. After last years mild winter, I’m wondering how…
Happy Monday everyone! I missed last weeks Harvest Monday because I was in Milwaukee visiting my very best friend in the world! We were watching Sandy hammer the east coast, eating good (comfort) food, painting and enjoying the wonder that 20+ years of friendship brings 🙂 But I digress…I must…
Happy Monday everyone! Well, things aren’t incredibly exciting here in the way of harvests now. We do, however, still have a few tomato vines that are holding onto some beautiful fruits (a Barnes Mountain Yellow, two Orange Flesh Purple Smudges and an Italian Heirloom), though they are ripening rather slowly…