Here is a picture of the apricot jam I made just yesterday. Apricots produces beautifully in New Mexico, but once harvested, they spoil quickly, so the fruit-picker has to think quickly as well, and this is the second year in a row that we have made a delicious apricot jam from our harvest [...]

As I mentioned several weeks ago, we are in the process of rebuilding our soil fertility in our garden. One great service that I will personally attest to is that provided by a local company called Organic Technology International. For $65, I brought them a soil sample and had it analyzed. [...]

 It's a modest harvest, to be sure, but the significance for us as a family is still profound.  And this is for a few reasons.  First, this is a variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) native to the State of New Mexico, known as New Mexico bolitas in the northern part of the [...]

Talk of a food revolution often obscures the very serious challenges that we face as we attempt to reinvent our agricultural systems.  Here in New Mexico, we have the highest rating of all US states in food insecurity.  Without a doubt, water is the primary resource responsible for our alarming lack of food security. References to [...]

Today at approximately 1:30 PM I went to my local precinct to cast my vote in the 2006 election.  The polls were quiet, and I specifically went at this time of the day to avoid long lines.  The volunteers running the polls commented that the polls had been quiet most of the day, but were [...]