NOMAD DREAMING

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...

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...

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...

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...

Good morning Turtleback Mountain! Just before dawn the Milagro Cornfield and my solar array. Take that (rude) walking past lady, in early...

First thunderstorm of the season was brief but with enough rain to confirm that the recently installed rain chains work at the task of...

Oops. What an 8 thousand dollar reroof was meant to fix. There’s still a leak. Sigh. June 13th. #6thAvenueshala #roof #rain #renovation

Finally! June 13th passed NM State inspection for electricity. #6thavenueshala is now code compliant as far as electrical wiring and...

Electrical residing started May 22. Aaaand the electrician doing the work to restore the shala to healthy power was a woman!...

This season’s milagro bean field. Early April I cultivated a random patch of apparently blank earth at the #6thavenueshala . April 15...

Putting down roots. Earthing myself, my life. Planted three pomegranates, rosemary and lavender this week. Then it rained. Three and a...

The start of a pomegranate forest at the #6thavenueshala Animas Creek Nursery on a Saturday morning. #gardening #garden #foodgardening...

A brave flare of vagrant purple daisy marks spring at the #6thavenueshala. #spring #6thAvenueshala #voodoodollhouse #flowers

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...

The roofing materials arrived last week. Metal which has a guarantee longer than my life expectancy at this stage. I picked the pale...

On Saturday I replanted the mailbox in bright desert winter sunlight. The post is reinforced with recycled wood from the little adobe...