NOMAD DREAMING

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...

Always beautiful drama in the sky just before sunrise in the monsoon season.

After this week’s three days of good rain at the tail end of June, the garden is so happy. I love the way Black Crowder cowpeas (Vigna...

Doing a Sundown* Silver City, New Mexico. *Sundown, ©1973 by Gordon Lightfoot I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress In a room where...

Dolichos aka Hyacinth Beans (Lablab purpureus) are blooming by 1st July. This trellis area was not originally in the garden plan but...

Took a little road trip to Tucson at the tail end of June to fetch this small handful of seed bank Sonoran White Tepary beans (Phaseolus...

Snuck in a tail end of June overnight camping at my fav oasis in the desert: Faywood Hot Springs en route back from picking up seed bank...

Full strawberry moon sailing serenethrough the night and setting behind sunflowers in the morning. I ate all my strawberries straight...

Two pollinators busy ensuring continuity of life on Planet Earth. We love the butterflies (and the moths and birds) and the bees at...

June 25th morningharvest: the first ripe Roma tomatoes, a couple of Black Beauty eggplant, New Mexico green chile (oops I let one get to...

Silver City. New Mexico.

The abstraction of practicing presence. Bear Canyon Wildlife Area. Mimbres. New Mexico.

A little sunrise walkabout. Bear Canyon Wildlife Area. Mimbres. New Mexico.

Mooooving through the morning. Bear Canyon Reservoir. Mimbres.

Sunrise at Bear Canyon Reservoir to celebrate midsummer. Water is currently super low so not much to dip a paddle into, but there is...

Comparison shopping: the day I first met the hacienda in October 2018 and #6thavenueshala this week. The south facing front and south...

The gift of this long really hot spell is really hot chiles. I picked this handful of NM Green and Havasu chiles for my usual weekly...