Yesterday, around mid-day, I finally got a chance to snap a photo of the hawk (or falcon?) that's been visiting my garden. I heard him trilling outside the window, and I went outside to investigate. [...]

For the past two years I've been having this problem with my squash. I'm not a plant pathologist, though I have had some success identifying diseases and insects based on past experience and lots of google searches. [...]

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 [...]

 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 [...]