NOMAD DREAMING

Spied a few swelling little Madhu Ras Rajasthani honey melons the other night. My first time growing this heirloom, open pollinated...

One day away from full Buck Moon, she rises golden, doing a Dance of the Seven Veils (thank you wildfires) for Turtleback Mountain.

Flowing in from the garden these days: a river of San Marzano, yellow grape and cherry tomatoes, Havasu, Fresno green and Thai hot chile...

Black cherry stained fingertips after preparing 6-7 lbs of sweet cherries for the dehydrator. Preserving what’s in season is an offshoot...

Scarlet Runner Beans (Phaseolus coccineus) have buds at last. I expected these vines to be more vigorous but they are struggling a bit....

Twenty days from planting seed, the Sonoran White Tepary Beans are looking good. Germination rate was around 65%. Here’s hoping these...

The gem squash vine is covered in brilliant orange flowers and swelling squash. Have begun harvesting them along with milk stage Indian...

Jars of tomato sauce are mounting up in the pantry. Squirreling the harvest to be enjoyed in winter, when this generosity of tomatoes,...

Starting to fill the dried legumes and pulse jars in the pantry again. This morning the Milagro bean field offered some ready to shell...

Sunrise on the great, grey green Rio Grande, between Elephant Butte Dam and Truth or Consequences , New Mexico, from a kayak. With...

Didn’t find a ripe eggplant in my living pantry, but I did find a good handful of green beans ready for harvest. Main meal today is...

So much spicy chile heat coming in from the garden in the mornings now. Cayenne peppers will be dried for grinding into pepper flakes....

Immersed myself for an hour or so recently in a magical realist world of Mexican tin folk art tiende that line the road through Hatch,...

Green chile roasting has begun in the Chile Capital of the World: Hatch, New Mexico It was early in the day when I passed through the...

Spent a happy few hours recently grading my over 27 pounds of Inchelium Red heirloom garlic which was harvested late May and has been...

Good Morning New Mexico. Good Morning Turtleback Mountain. Good Morning World. A rain storm visited at the time of amrit vela. The...

The tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) I am growing as a partner gardener for Native Seed Search are beginning to germinate by July 5th:...

Today’s main meal is largely from the garden: orange and burgundy okra, eggplant, Fresno heirloom hot chile, tomatoes, basil, onion,...

Say what? At #6thavenueshala , by 4th July, 7 and 8 ft tasseling Indian Corn vyes with sunflowers to be Queen of the Mountain, or at...

At dawn the stars fall out of the sky and into the gem squash patch. Love these vines with their searching tendrils and such adamance in...