One month of desert life
I arrived in Texas on October 13th coming from spending most of my time in an apartment in Portland, Maine
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Plants: Living Rock Cactus
I’ve been excitedly waiting to do a post on these special little cacti and now that it’s October, it means these hidden gems are in full view and ready for their debut. If you ever find yourself in the Chihuahuan desert, these are incredible to find but be sure to leave them where you found …
Small Town Excitement
Another delayed post means too many updates and too little time! We’ve crammed so much into the last month that even reflecting on it to write a blog post sends us into a whirl. We’ve transitioned into fall which means shorter days and cooler nights but the desert is still popping with life!
Midweek Mercantile
It’s been awhile since we’ve done an update post and we’ve been pretty busy, so be prepared for a fast paced and loosely collected narrative a la David Lynch, but with less body horror.
Recipe: Smen(Beurre Rance)
During our travels in Morocco, Evan and I encountered a local method of fermenting butter that’s traditionally buried in the ground in a sealed clay pot to age for long periods of time, some bury a pot on the day of a daughter’s birth and then dig it up to enjoy at her wedding. You …
Pest Control and Rain Collection
In the last few weeks we’ve had our first pest infestation and started catching rainwater… it’s been a balance of good and bad!
Water Harvesting Tools & Techniques: Waffle Garden
Laura and I recently decided to plant an herb garden by our yurt with partial shade from our shade structure. When looking to design a new growing area in any climate it’s best to look at what cultures before you found success with in the same habitat, which led to us settling on utilizing the …
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Plants: Creosote
Creosote has some incredible properties, ranging from their nostalgic scent to medicinal uses.
We’re Back!
This post is long overdue but after a trip to see family we’re happy to be back in the desert!
Water Harvesting Tools & Techniques: Bunyip Level
The start of a new series of posts we’ll be doing that will discuss various methods of harvesting water(important in the desert). We’re going to start with the bunyip level, a simple, cheap, easy to use device for finding the slope of your land.