Plants! And, more Plants! September-October 2023

We’ve been discovering awesome desert plants. There are many in the Amaranthaceae family (Amaranth), which include beets and spinach. In Arizona/New Mexico, there are several varieties that can basically be harvested as a ‘grain’. Explore some of the plants identified…

Been a while…

I can’t believe a month has gone by without posting! Things have been very busy here. Between my ‘real job,’ and all sorts of other happenings, I just had a really hard time making time to update here! so, what…

July 15th into the 16th

Saying hello

We went out to do our Saturday morning work at the property, clearing traps, delivering materials, and setting up a block and tackle to raise our spare felts away from where mice might get into them. We then did some…

More neighborhood critters

It has been an interesting afternoon. At about 3:50pm the power went out. We brought out a 12Volt fan to help keep our cat cool (and ourselves) and waited until the outdoor temperature was about 91 degrees before we opened…

We were just welcomed…

by our neighbor, to our first monsoon storm! Thunder, lightning, hail, rains, and petrichor unlike anything we have smelled before! Wednesday, June 28th, 2023