• Community

    Seeds, narratives, and community

    What a time to be alive, no? A time full of opportunity and growth coupled with division and fear and so much more. Truly, I am so tired of all the “unprecedented times’, but the ball just keeps rolling, doesn’t it? I don’t have a magic pill to pull any of us out of the vortex we’ve found ourselves in,…

  • 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 weeks of growing time. Looking ahead at the 10 day…

  • Local Bite Mini Challenge-Use It Up!
    Local Bite

    Local Bite Mini Challenge ::: Week Two ::: Sow Some Seeds

    Welcome to our second Local Bite Mini Challenge! Your challenge this week is to sow some seeds!  Whether you live in an apartment or have acres to plant out, this is the week to push a few seeds into soil and get started on this seasons growing!  Then, come back here and comment (or join the conversation in our Facebook…

  • 2014 Seed Inventory & Order
    Everything Else,  Grow

    2014 Seed Inventory & Order

    It’s time for a serious seed inventory. Here’s the deal…the last few years have been full of gathering as many seeds as possible from ever location possible.  No joke.  If they were on sale or looked pretty or at a garage sale or seed savers exchange HooRah, I was going to bring them home.  This was very exciting for my…

  • Environmental Education,  Reuniting Kids w/ Nature

    Reuniting Kids w/ Nature – Travelling Seeds

    MATERIALS:  Paper (any kind will work), fasteners (tape, glue, rubber bands, paper clips), crayons or markers, feathers, cotton balls, balloons, sandwich baggies or plastic wrap, cork, scissors. Feel free to use whatever you have on hand, these are merely suggestions! TIME FRAME: 30 – 60 minutes PROCEDURE: Using all of the supplies you have gathered, begin thinking about the seeds…