An Introduction to Soil In Albuquerque If you are planning a new landscape element in your yard, a garden, or maybe even starting a small farm, the first thing you must consider is the soil. Soil is the conglomerate of organic matter, sand, silt, clay, and rock that makes up Read more…
Building a Better World One (Winter) Garden at a Time The arrival of autumn induces the deep-rooted need for hibernation, albeit in the most human of ways. Our cravings for salads and panini suddenly seep away, replaced with a longing for roasted squash and green chile stew or whatever late Read more…
Prepare and Repair your Garden this Fall There is an odd psychological effect that comes with Labor Day. The kids are in school, the county and state fairs are popping up across the nation, harvest celebration invites have been sent out. All of this despite the three full weeks of Read more…
Our Desert Home Below is a portion of a conversation currently occurring in our office circles. For someone who struggles almost daily to inject a small bit of beauty into my life, I found the truth, the passion, and the elegance of this to be inspiring. “The desert is beautiful, Read more…
Is There Such a thing as Organic Compost? A friend of mine wanted me to address a question she fielded one day: “Is there really such a thing as organic compost?” There are two kinds of organic: one is biological, one is a fabricated label. The former refers to the Read more…
Rain Ruminations So I got a little bit of rain last night at my house. It was all the things that rain in the desert are: cooling, aromatic, tempestuous. Rain in the desert is also strengthening, alleviating, and magical. Rain has some effect on us that opens the creative spirit. Read more…
Chemical vs. Biological Last week I attended the annual Organic Farmers Conference held at the Marriott Albuquerque Pyramid. The conference offers a chance for me to see and thank the many local farmers that support us year ’round. I always feel humbled when farmers who, in my eyes, are rock Read more…
Harvesting Worm Compost I was asked the other day if I had any pictures of my worm bin. After a resounding mental “DUH!”, I checked my photo back log and in fact hadn’t any younger than ’09. So I went out yesterday and screened my worms…had to do it anyway. Read more…