August & September 2024 We spent the latter half of the summer living and working with our two initial Food Church properties in New Mexico. Both locations will eventually be able to support full-time or 3-season residency for the owners and additional workers, but for now...
Tuesday May 28 - Thursday June 20 2024Our beloved host from Kauai, Jiva, coincidentally retired to our favorite neighborhood of Western New Mexico: Gila Hot Springs. We were graciously allowed to camp out on his new 3-acre property for several weeks, helping out with planting,...
Saturday May 6 2023The last month has absolutely F L O W N by now that planting is well underway at the farm! We've got trays on trays of broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, spinach, arugula, and peppers.Directly in the ground, we planted 4 varieties of...
The winter was definitely a calmer season for farming. We harvested the last of a summer crop - turnips! We dug up only the biggest of the field and filled a wagon with some giant turnips! We got very experimental with cooking turnips: turnip fries,...
Wednesday Apr 20 Our return to Taos has been everything we hoped it would be! We left town on a cold winter March day with fresh snow covering the mountains and the hum of spring break just around the corner. We rolled into town around midday...
Friday March 11 Our day of departure from Taos finally upon us, I got up early to start our morning of loading up and final cleaning of our cabin. Upon my return walk from the bathroom, I discovered a small, light colored Husky dog, with a collar...
Friday March 11 We are heading to Aaron's parents' new house in Missouri for 5 weeks of spring planting & planning! We are excited to see their new property shaping up and lend a hand. Before we left, we were invited to return to Peaceful Earth...
Monday February 21 One of the first jobs Aaron and I jumped at the chance to take on was chicken care. We L O V E farm fresh eggs and our cabin is closest to the chicken coop - so a natural job for us! We...
Friday Dec 24 - Jan 9 We spent the Christmas and New Year's holidays in Denver, thankfully getting to see some of my visiting family on Christmas Day -- and un-thankfully catching COVID somehow a few days later. We did our due diligence of tracing, but...
Usually we only see these guys at night - often hopping across the lawn in front of our headlamps. But sometimes we find one in a bed we're clearing! Also often seen as a 2-D version on roads...