The Nickel and Dime Ranch

Two retired high school teachers from Southern California move to a 100 acre ranch in rural Northern New Mexico. Why the name? This place nickels and dimes us to death, but we wouldn't have it any other way.

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

For Trudy: The Enchanted Forest

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Since mom-in-law Trudy can't come visit, I try to give her a sense of what it's like, so she can see, even if we are 951 miles apart...

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Friday, March 29, 2013

Growing Dome Report: Early Spring 2013

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Early spring in Northern New Mexico is not pretty. Everything still looks dead and three years ago when we first moved here, this SoCal gal ...

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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Growing Dome Update: End of May

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We are at the end of May and it's like June or July in the Growing Dome. It got too warm inside for the sugar snow peas, so after severa...

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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Going to Town

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It's been windy for the past three days, wind so loud it sounds like the ocean's waves crashing on the beach. The power goes on and ...

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Bridget: Northern, New Mexico, United States; After 30 years of teaching, my husband and I moved from Southern California to a 100 acre ranch in Northern New Mexico. At the ranch we raise grass-fed and finished steers and grow veggies the steers eat when we are not looking. Our closest neighbors are yaks, and we've adjusted from a busy Southern California lifestyle to a mellow New Mexico culture. For fun, I make quilts and the hubby cuts wood.

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