The butternut squash, running against all odds after being hail battered. This Bumble Bee, living its best life. The first Blackberries. The promise of the Elderberry set! Truly phenomenal this year! The reminder that cargo pants are intended to carry a variety of items, but not to carry eggs. The hope of this book as we continue our attempts at…
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So, it’s been a minute (decade?) since I’ve written a Harvest Monday post, but there’s no reason to not jump back in again, is there? This year looks a little different in the growing department with the majority of our food production being limited to our Kitchen Garden. This is giving me more time to be present with the plants…
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Or at least what’s left of it, no? Alas, the garden is in, the farm is popping, the chicks are growing and all.the.ducks are setting their clutches (as they do). It’s been a whirlwind of a couple of months here, both farm related and non-farm related. I’d wager a guess, though, that no one wants to read all the nitty…
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When we first moved onto the property we are caretaking (way back in 2018!), I didn’t put in perennials beyond an herb garden because we were looking at a three-year agreement and it didn’t makes sense to my short-term thinking at the time. Well, Present Me is now kicking Past Me for not being more proactive in 2018 and 2019…
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The Spring rains have arrived and with them comes a bursting forth from the land. We got all the seeds in the ground early this year, earlier than we ever have before for this high desert climate, risking a late deep freeze in trade for the potential of three extra weeks of growing time. Looking ahead at the 10 day…
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Oh HI! How the heck are you? It’s been a few minutes… errrr… months 😉 You know, when I mentioned in my last post that I was allowing myself some space and time to rest during the Winter months, I truly didn’t intend to be gone from this space for so long but life has a way of happening when…
