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...
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,...
July & August We returned to Peaceful Earth Gardens and the SnowMansion ready to jump back into summer gardening. The plants we had started the months prior were showing great promise, and the fruit trees and bushes on the property were already bearing harvestable quantities! [gallery columns="1"...
We've heard from locals all winter that "Spring is amazing, but SUMMER is the BEST in Taos." Aside from the lack of skiing, they might be right! The rains have finally arrived, fires are reaching total containment, and everything is blooming and fruiting so fast! #gallery-1...
We've been super busy during our fist month back in Taos @ Peaceful Earth Gardens. The greenhouses are bursting with varieties of lettuce, spinach, kale, chard, mustard greens, broccoli, onions, shallots, cilantro, thyme, bok choy, and beets, all ready for daily harvest! Sure does make...
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 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...
Garlic Though most of the gardens are dormant, there is plenty to do around the property’s numerous greenhouses and Muna’s apothecary. We gathered about 5 gallons worth of dried garlic that was harvested from the previous seasons to process: The garlic was sorted to leave only...
More fun fruits here on Kauai! Our market neighbor Jenny frequently has tropical tree fruits we’ve never heard of or seen before! Last week we snagged a rollinia, which is a papaya sized tree fruit that tastes like a light and creamy lemon custard. You...