Here's a nice photo of our oregano crop. This is the third year in a row that we will harvest oregano from this whiskey barrel. Oregano is a low maintenance perennial crop that does very well [...]

 This is a photo of a squash flower that magically appeared in an uncultivated part of the garden.   A stray seed may have found its way from the compost pile, or it may have been distributed by birds, like this sunflower.  Alot of things appear around the garden like this: corn, squash, watermelon, sunflowers. [...]

 These weeds have aggressively colonized our lot.  They are a thorny species, extremely drought tolerant and very prolific.  With the unprecedented moisture falling daily from the sky, these weeds and others have started to take over, especially areas that are not under cultivation.   According to city law, once the weeds pass 4 inches in [...]

 Yesterday I planted my second raised bed of the cool season, a mix of carrots, radishes, lettuce and peas.  Thanks to the daily rains we've been having (which is almost unheard of in New Mexico), all should germinate well in the moist ground.   This past spring I found myself wondering if months of winter drought [...]

I found this praying mantis in my laundry room, waiting patiently to catch a few insects and scaring the kids in the house. So I put it in a jar and decided the best place for [...]