kaydee777
Knee high by 4th July?
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...
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kaydee777
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Starry starry dawn
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...
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kaydee777
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Blissed out on monsoon rain
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...
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kaydee777
Jul 12, 20211 min read
Purple shall rule
Dolichos aka Hyacinth Beans (Lablab purpureus) are blooming by 1st July. This trellis area was not originally in the garden plan but...
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kaydee777
Jul 11, 20211 min read
Partner Gardener
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...
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kaydee777
Jul 11, 20211 min read
The moon in June
Full strawberry moon sailing serenethrough the night and setting behind sunflowers in the morning. I ate all my strawberries straight...
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kaydee777
Jul 11, 20211 min read
Pollinator love
Two pollinators busy ensuring continuity of life on Planet Earth. We love the butterflies (and the moths and birds) and the bees at...
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kaydee777
Jul 11, 20211 min read
What’s cooking?
June 25th morningharvest: the first ripe Roma tomatoes, a couple of Black Beauty eggplant, New Mexico green chile (oops I let one get to...
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kaydee777
Oct 11, 20191 min read
Oops!
Oops. What an 8 thousand dollar reroof was meant to fix. There’s still a leak. Sigh. June 13th. #6thAvenueshala #roof #rain #renovation
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kaydee777
Oct 11, 20191 min read
Mileposts
Finally! June 13th passed NM State inspection for electricity. #6thavenueshala is now code compliant as far as electrical wiring and...
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kaydee777
Oct 8, 20191 min read
We can do it!
Electrical residing started May 22. Aaaand the electrician doing the work to restore the shala to healthy power was a woman!...
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kaydee777
Apr 30, 20191 min read
Milagro beanfield 6th Avenue edition
This season’s milagro bean field. Early April I cultivated a random patch of apparently blank earth at the #6thavenueshala . April 15...
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kaydee777
Apr 16, 20191 min read
Earthing. Rooting.
Putting down roots. Earthing myself, my life. Planted three pomegranates, rosemary and lavender this week. Then it rained. Three and a...
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kaydee777
Apr 9, 20191 min read
Imagining a future
The start of a pomegranate forest at the #6thavenueshala Animas Creek Nursery on a Saturday morning. #gardening #garden #foodgardening...
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kaydee777
Apr 9, 20191 min read
De colores
A brave flare of vagrant purple daisy marks spring at the #6thavenueshala. #spring #6thAvenueshala #voodoodollhouse #flowers
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kaydee777
Feb 19, 20191 min read
It get worse before it gets better
Arrived this weekend to find holes opened up in floor of kitchen and another room, piles of debris, the old gas furnace and humongous hot...
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kaydee777
Dec 19, 20181 min read
Cat on a hot tin roof
The roofing materials arrived last week. Metal which has a guarantee longer than my life expectancy at this stage. I picked the pale...
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kaydee777
Dec 10, 20181 min read
Mailbox restoration
On Saturday I replanted the mailbox in bright desert winter sunlight. The post is reinforced with recycled wood from the little adobe...
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kaydee777
Nov 26, 20181 min read
The emperor in the garden
A mysterious gardener has been at the 6th Avenue shala stirring the goats heads into the dust. One could say cultivating them. Not at my...
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