Thursday July 28: Bull of the Woods We tackled our first New Mexico summit with the 6.2 mile hike to the top of Bull of the Woods, a peak overlooking the Taos Ski Valley at 11,600 feet. We were joined by our fellow work-trader Kali and...
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"...
Wednesday July 6We had been looking for a trailer for several months across several states, wanting to clear out our storage unit in Denver. The rent on the unit was month to month, and had been increased twice already in the past 6 months. We...
Monday June 27 We left Taos in Karma the van to head to my home town of Lake Geneva, WI for my family's reunion celebration. Our reunion has been running for 35 years, and is usually held every four years, but was postponed since 2020's pandemic....
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...
June 9 - 14 My mom visited us last weekend for a whirlwind 5 days! On Thursday we showed off the flourishing farm property and the local haunts, all within walking distance around Arroyo Seco, our one-road town. We got cocktails and apps at ACEQ, followed...
Happy Birthday Aaron (May 10th)! We were so excited to spend our birthdays in Taos this year! For Aaron we filled several days with good food and friends around town! We went out for happy hour the night before Aaron's birthday to 5-star for some fried...
Unfortunately with our return to Taos, the colossal winds and decade-long draught had sparked several wildfires unseasonably early across Northern New Mexico. The largest, started near the eastern town of Las Vegas, after a prescribed burn grew out of control earlier in the month, then...
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...
Tuesday Apr 26 We kicked off our summer hiking season with a spontaneous quick midday jaunt up the road towards the ski valley. There are several trailheads scattered through the 10 miles between our small town of Arroyo Seco and the end of the highway at...