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bee logo Documenting my daily hands-on education in how to live a healthy, thoughtful, slow, connected, fulfilling, empowered, and delicious life in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.

I am a 24 year old doula, holistic health counselor, web designer, photographer, property manager, and aspiring herbalist and urban farmer.


Topics

Holistic Health and Nutrition
Herbalism & Home Remedies
Food Recipes
Homesteading
Beekeeping
Birth

i love

• Spontaneous Overflow
• Browns Downtown Bees
• Mother Nature Gardens
• Sunstone Farm
• For the Love of Bees
• ABQ Old School
• Holy Scrap Hot Springs
• Jaunty Dame



First snow and winter gardening.

snow albuquerque garden winter gardening chard
When I bought my house in Downtown Albuquerque, it had been vacant for over a year and much of the landscaping was neglected. Of 4 trees originally planted in the back yard, this is the only one that survived. And who knew it would be so beautiful and grace us with so much color?

When I bought my house in Downtown Albuquerque, it had been vacant for over a year and much of the landscaping was neglected. Of 4 trees originally planted in the back yard, this is the only one that survived. And who knew it would be so beautiful and grace us with so much color?

flowers crepe myrtle tree garden backyard pink
These peas just spontaneously showed up when we weren’t looking. What!! Plants are magical.

These peas just spontaneously showed up when we weren’t looking. What!!

Plants are magical.

garden peas vegetables delicious!!!
Silvia holding fresh cut beet greens from our garden… our very first harvested crop!! It was kind of a celebration.

Silvia holding fresh cut beet greens from our garden… our very first harvested crop!! It was kind of a celebration.

homesteading garden beets greens food silvia is so cool
Pumpkin squash blossom. 

Pumpkin squash blossom. 

garden pumpkin squash flower homesteading growing things blossom orange
Showing off our bees, coop and garden to interested visitors on the Albuquerque Coop and Garden Tour, Saturday.

Showing off our bees, coop and garden to interested visitors on the Albuquerque Coop and Garden Tour, Saturday.

homesteading silvia is so cool garden albuquerque chickens vegetables
We are growing things!!

We are growing things!!

garden gardening growing things healthy food i can't wait to eat you swiss chard vegetables homesteading