• In the Garden

    Planning More Nutrient Dense Perennials

    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…

  • In the Garden

    The Spring Rains

    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…

  • Homesteading

    Welcome May!

    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…

  • In the Garden - Sow

    2022 Garden Prep & Planning

    With the hope and inspiration of Spring upon us I’m determined to keep my 2022 garden prep & planning at the top of my priority list. Easy peasy, right? Eh… maybe 😉 See, if I’m being honest here (which I intend to be), the last couple of years have a…

  • Grow - Sow

    2017 Kitchen Garden Planting List

    I mentioned in my last post that, despite our challenges in the Kitchen Garden last year, we’ve decided to move forward with planting it out again this year. We will, however, be simplifying things just a bit. The Plan Get Organized With my two nifty new photo-turned-seed organizers all filled…

  • Grow - Sow

    2017 Kitchen Garden Plans – Three Sisters

    At the end of the season last year I was 98% sure we wouldn’t plant a kitchen garden at all this year. This decision was two-fold: We’d had our asses handed to us throughout the season and With my new job working alongside the Farmers’ Market, I had fresh produce…

  • Grow - Harvest

    Dreaming of Tomatoes

    Oh man, has it been a rough summer for the garden! Between a rough June for us healthwise, extended 100* temps and water restrictions on the acequia (curtailment) in July, and a late-to-arrive monsoon season here in the high desert, we’re kicking off August at about 1/5th our original potential…