NOMAD DREAMING

Today I harvested the first couple of pods of beautiful Pala Hatíqo - Hopi Red Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus). This variety is part of a...

This week’s kitchen alchemy project: coffee soap. It all began with research into things to do with coffee grounds and ended thus: No bad...

Janis truck and I scored a good load of rocks from a neighbour who is remodeling their sidewalk. This is only half of it. These rocks...

Autumn maestro pea planting is looking good. I am so happy to see these strong sprouts marching along besides the repurposed tomato...

The Post Office was mighty suspicious (they opened the package) when I received a parcel of Adjustable Earache. Anyone need one or two?...

High level smoke from the California, Oregon and Washington climate abuse wildfires has dimmed the sun all day even this far away. Made...

Madame Moonflower aka Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) is done with offering her exquisite perfume and moonlight coloured flowers to the...

Today’s early morning harvest: okra, a tomato, some New Mexico green chile and beans, beans, beans: Royal Burgundy for eating today, a...

Move over toaster, waffle maker for the win. Tuesday’s coconut apple rhubarb muffins, made crispy in the waffle maker for today’s...

An early morning foraging in the living pantry yielded a nice haul of heirloom purple tomatillos, a cayenne pepper, okra, a couple of...

Indulging in a bit of island nostalgia : rhubarb, apple, coconut, vegan, gluten free muffins on the cooling rack. In another geography...

Good morning New Mexico. Good morning Turtleback Mountain Good morning World This morning’s dappled sunrise skies reflecting the cold...

Bok choy, planted 2 September, is germinating this morning The beet seedlings, going on 3 weeks from planting now, are sturdier every...

This morning the garden offered up ingredients for a spicy Thai eggplant dish. I added cashews and served with brown basmati rice. Of...

A sprawling grape tomato vine fronting the house made way this morning for an autumn garden pea (Pisum sativum 'Maestro’) planting. The...

El Gato makes an early morning visit to the backyard wildlife watering station. Pleased to see me. Not. What a glare I got....

A gorgeous Black Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes) inhabits the garden today. It’s about the same size and feeds at the same...

Moon, just a day over full, was still high when I left the hacienda this morning to go apple picking at the Burke Family Orchards in the...

State Road 51, New Mexico.

Went “shopping” in my living veggie pantry this morning for ingredients to include in today’s kitchen alchemy project. My plan was to...