This weeks harvest contains a bunch of the same ol’ same ol’ mixed with a pinch of exciting news! Kale – 12ozThe three over wintered kale plants I left in are still going strong with no signs of stopping. This may be an experiment in the making…This has been dehydrated…
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Grow Local
Sometimes I feel like everyone is growing their own veggies and sometimes I feel like no one is. I mean, really, have you ever driven around Santa Fe? Nothing but rocks and weeds, my friends. For real. I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels that way, am I?…
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CSA Family Pack
As a member of our CSA, we have access to an online Marketplace where we can order a variety of items (eggs, cheese, veggies, canned items) including the newly added $60 Local Beef Family Pack that includes: 8 to 10 packages of steaks, roasts and other cuts including ground beef…
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Drought
Apparently there are places in New Mexico that are experiencing their driest spring since people started tracking the weather here. When might that have been? 1892 Yep. You read that right. The driest spring in almost 120 years. Holy hell. Here in Santa Fe we are currently experiencing a severe…
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Garden Happiness(es)
Massive, over-wintered spinach (in one of the now uncovered wagons) The massive spinach is now starting to go to seed…finally! Baby spinach in a pot on the front porch to replace the massive spinach once I pull it all out 🙂 Here we have lettuce and arugula which was planted…
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Harvest Monday
This weeks Harvest Monday, hosted by Daphne consists of lots of green (yes, again…I’m practicing my patience this spring). Spinach = 1 lb 14 oz Kale = 1 lb 13 oz Snap Peas = 1 oz The snap peas are the most exciting news of the week because I just love them…
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Last night, as I was sleeping, I dreamt – marvelous error! – that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my past mistakes. ~Antonio Machado Well, it’s been a week since we received our bees and we…
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Spinach & Kale Preservation
This spring our garden has provided an over abundance of spinach and kale. This, added to all the greens we have been getting weekly from our CSA, has forced me to figure out how to preserve some of these wonderful items instead of letting them go wilty and therefore, to…